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 ...

NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) - A fisherman fishing for blackfish in Long Island Sound caught a rare and potentially record-setting fish. Connecticut Fish and Wildlife posted to social media that Al Zuppe ...

A Brazilian man who feasted on one of the most poisonous fishes in the world has died after spending five weeks in hospital fighting for his life, according to reports. Magno Sergio Gomes, 46, and his ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management (DEM) warned about the dangers related to smooth puffer fish due to increased reports of anglers catching the species in ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

A man in Illinois has pleaded guilty to posing as a doctor in order to purchase the poisonous toxin found in puffer fish for “use as a weapon.” Edward Bachner was arrested in 2008 and charged with ...

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 consuming pufferfish on March 25, a woman was pronounced dead shortly after she was hospitalized, while her husband, who was also treated, died weeks later Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor ...