Pufferfish are well-known for their ability to “puff up” into a round, sometimes spiky ball. Some people also know them for the poison their bodies hold. These unique fish are usually found in shallow ...

Pufferfish carry one of the most dangerous natural toxins known, and unlike most food-safety hazards, there is no medical ...

A delicacy in Japanese cuisine, puffer fish (fugu) also contain a lethal toxin. Improperly prepared puffer fish can cause the person eating it to experience food poisoning and a swift death. Such a ...

Pufferfish may be used as comic relief in cartoons, swelling to three times their size when scared. But pufferfish are deadly. The poison in a single pufferfish can kill up to 30 humans. Yet in some ...

A species of puffer fish with toxic flesh and bone-crushing jaws is expanding its range throughout the Mediterranean, causing local authorities to issue warnings to tourists about the risk of bites.

You wouldn’t think a blunt head puffer is a fish that could inspire tender sentiment, but one brought tears to a few eyes at the 91st Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. A blunt head puffer caught by ...

One of the world’s most poisonous fish has been caught in the Adriatic, after a fisherman near Rijeka landed a pufferfish, a species better known for its place on Japanese menus than Croatian waters ...

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SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- A newly exhibited puffer fish at the municipal aquarium in this western Japan city is drawing the attention of visitors. According to the aquarium, the species is believed to ...