And kill they do. Every year two to three people in Japan, where the fish is a delicacy, die and more are sickened after eating dishes such as puffer-fish sashimi.

The puffer fish's ovaries, liver and intestines contain tetrodotoxin, a poison so potent the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it can "produce rapid and violent death." ...

An 83-year-old Malaysian woman died and her 84-year-old husband is fighting for his life in the hospital after they ate puffer fish last week, according to a news report.. The couple’s daughter ...

When you are diving and see this slow-moving 15-inch-long fish, look but don’t touch! The puffer-fish has a very-deadly neurotoxin in its skin that is over 1,000 times more powerful than cyanide.

The agencies advise anglers who catch one to "take the fish off the hook carefully and release it." The neurotoxins in smooth puffer fish, tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin, are deadlier than cyanide and ...

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 ...

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 ...