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, ...

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We checked the fish trap expecting the usual catch—but found an exotic puffer fish waiting inside.

For such a dangerous creature, the puffer fish’s appearance is almost comically harmless. Portly and bug-eyed, puffer fish totter through tropical waters looking like the perfect target – meaty, juicy ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: If there's one thing you know about puffer fish, it's that they can do this. When aggravated by a predator, they, you know, puff up. Some puffers, ...

Few things in the ocean are more easily recognizable than a pufferfish having a bad moment. When they’re threatened, the fish rapidly gulp down water into their stretchy, distensible stomachs, puffing ...

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 ...

A man is in a critical condition in a hospital in Hong Kong after consuming puffer fish and suffering suspected tetrodotoxin poisoning. The 65-year-old man developed facial numbness, general weakness ...

After nearly 20 years, Chinese authorities have lifted the ban on the sale of puffer fish. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Agriculture and the China Food and Drug Administration jointly issued a ...

A powerful nor'easter pounded New England last week, prompting coastal evacuations and causing flooding so extreme that water rushed into downtown Boston. In the storm's aftermath, a local, ...