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 ...

An elderly woman in Johor died after eating puffer fish, while her husband remains hospitalised in the intensive care unit. The 83-year-old and her husband, 84, had ordered the fish from a fishmonger ...

An 83-year-old woman in Malaysia died after eating a puffer fish while her husband is still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Citing a local media outlet, the New York Post reported that ...

Puffer fish have evolved the ability to withstand the deadly poison they produce. The fish use the toxin during breeding and to defend against predators. A dose of one to two milligrams of purified ...

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 ...

Unscrupulous vendors in Thailand have been selling meat of the deadly puffer fish disguised as salmon, causing the deaths of more than 15 people over the past three years, a doctor said Thursday.

The puffer fish's deadly toxin helps it to breed, feed and defend itself against predators, scientists in Singapore say. Research by the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and National University ...