SINGAPORE — Last week, a couple in their 80s from Malaysia died after consuming puffer fish, in a grim reminder that the poisonous fish, regarded as a delicacy by some, must be prepared carefully by ...

The couple’s daughter, Ng Ai Lee, said her father purchased the puffer fish — a delicacy known to contain extremely potent poisons — from a local fish shop on March 25. “My parents have been buying ...

A grieving daughter has issued a dire warning for seafood lovers after an expensive Japanese fish delicacy fatally poisoned her parents. Malaysian couple Ng Chuan Sing and Lim Siew Guan both died ...

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 by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After nearly 20 years, Chinese authorities have lifted the ban on the sale of puffer fish. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Agriculture and the China Food and Drug Administration jointly issued a ...

A powerful nor'easter pounded New England last week, prompting coastal evacuations and causing flooding so extreme that water rushed into downtown Boston. In the storm's aftermath, a local, ...

Puffer fish can be deadly, but there is growing appetite for the fish regarded by some as a delicacy One Japanese importer said he is seeing growing demand for the fish, also known as fugu, from ...