Fishing

"I was very lucky—if it was a big one, I could have had no leg or no heartbeat right about now," Kyle Hutchinson said.

"I have never seen a fish that big in my life," Adam Irino told Newsweek of the 200lb catch.

Gregory D'Alessio told Newsweek he was having a "bad fishing day" until he made the surprising discovery.

The large chunk of ice broke free while a group of people were fishing Monday afternoon, according to authorities in Minnesota.

The predator was spotted following the boat full of tuna off Port Lincoln, in South Australia, an area teeming with sharks at this time of year.

"We have previously had animals with plastics and other debris found in their stomach, but never anything to this degree before," an expert told Newsweek.

The fisherman discovered the stomach of the small bull shark contained pig trotters despite being miles away from land.

Australian fisherman Trapman Bermagui, who filmed the encounter, said he could hear the attack from over 300 feet away.

"I lifted the basket out of the water and he clung onto it. I could hardly lift the basket because he was so big," the kayaker told Newsweek.

The body of the 11-foot male American crocodile was taken from a lagoon in Belize to be buried.

The skipper and his five passengers were relieved there was a windscreen between them and the shark as it thrashed around on deck.

The shark's jaw was "ripped completely out" in an injury likely sustained from a commercial fishing line.

Marine biologist Ingrid Visser told Newsweek the fish is likely to have been attacked while hooked on the line.

Great white sharks have declined in population worldwide by between 30 and 49 percent in recent decades, in large part due to overfishing and fishing gear.

The 17-second clip shows potentially hundreds of killer whales surrounding the fishing boat, looking for an easy meal.

Many social-media users likened the creature to Kenny McCormick from the animated television series "South Park."

"I've never seen this kind of golden bowfin in person or in photos," aquatic ecologist Solomon David told Newsweek.

Ancient humans are thought to have crossed into the Americas via a land bridge between modern-day Russia and Alaska.

The dead sunfish found off the coast of the Azores in the North Atlantic weighed more than a white rhino.

The huge Atlantic tuna was caught, tagged, and released after delighted girl Izzy Crotty fought hard to catch it.

"I don't know of anyone who has caught a bigeye of this size this year," deck-hand London Rosiere told Newsweek.

"It definitely looks like a monkfish and a few experts agree. Certainly, looks the same as a monkfish picture," the fisherman told Newsweek.

The 30,000 square miles of net lost or discarded annually, calculated in a new report, will contribute to countless animal deaths.

Researchers have demonstrated the physical exertion undergone by sharks during catch and release fishing, with potentially devastating consequences.

André Frisk, who captured the footage, told Newsweek: "I couldn't stop thinking about what happened, and what was down there?"

Two contenders have been accused of placing lead balls into the stomachs of fish to make them heavier and videos showed the moment it was allegedly unveiled.

"It was sort of alarming but also very frustrating because I worked hard to catch that fish," fisherman Connor told Newsweek.

Micka Burkhart reeled in what is expected to be a record-breaking 118 pound fish on a 30-pound test line.

Endangered mako sharks are renowned for their acrobatic displays when they are caught on fishing lines.

Footage shows the trapped baby humpback whale thrashing as it attempts to free itself from the fishing net.