A man who cooked and ate a poisonous pufferfish that was gifted to him fell into a coma and died 35 days later, according to reports. Magno Sergio Gomes, 46, died in a hospital in Espirito Santos, ...

Think about walking into a restaurant and ordering a meal where just one microscopic mistake in preparation could put you six ...

More than 50 years ago, my Grandpop Kline would frequently take me out onto Rehoboth Bay to fish for a unique species of puffer fish, known colloquially in the area of the bay as blowfish or balloon ...

Pufferfish can be served for human consumption as a delicacy called fugu. It is especially popular in Japan, but you may also see it available in other countries, including Korea, China, Singapore, ...

Picture this. You're holding a knife over a fish that could kill thirty people if you make one wrong cut.Your hands are ...

Pufferfish, known for their unique ability to inflate and their potent neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin (TTX), are both fascinating and deadly. These creatures, with nearly 200 species, use their inflation ...

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. There ...

In under a year, less time than it takes to train a Japanese chef to safely prepare the potentially deadly seafood, an international research team has almost fully deciphered the unusually compact ...