Pufferfish carry one of the most dangerous natural toxins known, and unlike most food-safety hazards, there is no medical countermeasure once it takes hold. Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety states ...

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species. You might remember it from an episode of The Simpsons involving a ...

A DEADLY pufferfish – with poison 1,000 times deadlier than cyanide – has washed up on a British coastline after apparently ...

A deadly pufferfish, thousands of miles from its natural waters, was found washed up on a beach in the United Kingdom.

Public health officials in Hong Kong have investigated a number of recent food poisoning cases linked to a range of different foods. Earlier this week, the Centre for Health Protection Almost 30 cases ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pufferfish served in Kawasaki City - D3_plus D.naruse @ Japan/Getty Images Pufferfish, also known as fugu, is well known for being ...

A deadly pufferfish has been found washed up on a south-coast beach after being blown hundreds of miles off course.

A deadly pufferfish has been found washed up on a south coast beach after being blown hundreds of miles off course. The ...

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, ...