Puffer fish, or fugu, is well-known for being a dish that stands a good chance of killing the person it’s served to. But people still eat it — partly because some people like living life on the edge, ...

The brother and sister showed up in the emergency room with odd symptoms – numb teeth, weakness and, most frightening, troubled breathing. They’d eaten banned, deadly poisonous pufferfish. Subscribe ...

Scientists say the mother fish pass the potent toxin to the developing fish in the ovaries Every year two to three people in Japan die and more are sickened after eating puffer-fish sashimi Other ...

Anglers are again being warned about a poisonous fish in Rhode Island waters. Some people eat smooth puffer fish, and some consider them a delicacy, but they're "a serious threat to your health if not ...

Wildlife scientists have been scrambling for months to determine why puffer fish are dying around the Hawaiian Islands, and still do not know whether they will identify the killer. Thierry Work, a ...

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TOKYO >> Making use of local hot springs, expensive tiger puffer fish are being cultivated inland, helping to revitalize local economies. The first puffer fish cultivation project began in Tochigi ...

The bizarre-looking sea creature Adhem Saleh brought back to Sunrise Marina puzzled veteran fishermen and charter captains: "Everyone was like, 'It's a crazy parrotfish or something,'" he recalls.