The star of a Japanese dish called fugu is a puffer fish that produces toxins so deadly that it can kill if prepared improperly. Yet the delicacy is so popular that overfishing may be pushing one ...

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 ...

Last week’s Off the Hook feature opened Brittany Kirkland’s eyes. The story on 9-year-old Kylie Jenkins’ oceanic puffer fish had Kirkland thinking back to a day 11 years ago, when she caught a fish ...

Documentary shows dolphins in trance-like state after snacking on puffer fish. Jan. 1, 2014— -- Adventurous eaters may get a rush out of flirting with death by eating a piece of puffer fish, but ...