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 ...

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 ...

The poisonous puffer fish, which inflates itself into a small balloon when caught, lives in most of the world’s oceans. But only in Japan, where it is called fugu, has it become a national tradition.

The town of Caswell Beach has warned residents about what it says is dead and potentially poisonous fish washing up on the beach. The town let residents know via email advisory on Tuesday. "There have ...

The puffer fish is poisonous, but not venomous, while a rattlesnake is venomous but not poisonous. Both can kill you with ...

The Thai Food and Drug Administration has prohibited the serving of puffer fish after a recent spate of food poisoning. Vendors serving the fish could now face a maximum jail sentence of two years and ...

A new study finds that puffer fish use non-toxic analogs of their famous defense poison for signalling and communication through smell, with implications for the study of their spawning and ...

An elderly couple has died after eating poisonous pufferfish in Malaysia, prompting an appeal from their daughter for stronger laws to prevent others from suffering the same fate. Ng Chuan Sing and ...