In one video, 22-year-old Russian performer Mariia Zelenina, known as 'Masha', was in the middle of a solo performance when ...

Mariia Zelenina, 22, knew she was on the day’s schedule when she started her shift as a “mermaid” at an aquarium in China’s ...

Construction at a Chinese eco tourism zone is believed to have caused the death of 6,000 critically endangered Chinese sturgeon. A bridge in Hubei province was being built close to a farm on the ...

One of 17 sturgeon species belonging to the Acipenser genus, Chinese sturgeons have a sharklike form, with large pectoral fins, a rounded snout, and rows of pronounced ridges running the length of ...

Mariia Zelenina tells PEOPLE she was "scared" when the Chinese sturgeon "pounced" on her at China's Xishuangbanna Primitive ...

On January 28, a scene of horror unfolded before a bewildered audience at an aquarium in China's Xishuangbanna Primitive ...

Russian mermaid performer Mariia Zelenina said she was attacked by a Chinese sturgeon at China’s Xishuangbanna Primitive ...

Towards the end of January, Russian mermaid Mariia Zelenina went viral after a fish violently chomped down on her head during ...

However, according to the Daily Mail, the 22-year-old performer, who is from Russia, suffered injuries to her face, neck, and eye. She apparently was instructed back into the water despite her ...

The viral mermaid performer who was attacked by a fish is dispelling rumors she was forced to get back to work after her ...