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 ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is once again warning anglers to keep an eye out for a type of fish they don’t want to find on their hooks. The ...

TORONTO -- A tiny Canadian company wants to use poison from a fish -- a substance more toxic than cyanide -- to help cancer patients suppress pain or to wean heroin addicts off their habit.

Toxic sea creatures are washing up on WA's Pilbara coast in unusual numbers. Hundreds of dead puffer fish have been found at Onslow, while a large red-bell jellyfish bloom has put the Pilbara's ports ...

There are over 120 species of puffer fish, and 22 different kinds are approved by the Japanese government for use in restaurants. But one is more prized, and more poisonous, than the others: torafugu, ...

Residents have reported dead puffer fish washing along Onslow Beach in Onslow, about 1300km north of Perth, with more than 100 in the just the past few days. Puffer fish contain a potent deadly toxin ...