TORONTO -- A tiny Canadian company wants to use poison from a fish -- a substance more toxic than cyanide -- to help cancer patients suppress pain or to wean heroin addicts off their habit.

TOKYO >> Making use of local hot springs, expensive tiger puffer fish are being cultivated inland, helping to revitalize local economies. The first puffer fish cultivation project began in Tochigi ...

If the enemy of your enemies is your friend, then this pufferfish is about to be your bestie. In a video that’s gone viral on Reddit and Twitter, a pufferfish eats a series of increasingly creepy ...

What do pufferfish eat? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Leah Alissa Bayer, architect, on ...

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 ...

A stranded puffer fish approaches a diver in distress, leading to an unexpected underwater rescue as the diver steps in to help the tiny creature survive.

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 ...

Cancer is awful. And treatments for cancer, including chemotherapy, can be incredibly painful. Even the treatments for the pain, usually opioids like morphine, can be debilitating, with side effects ...

When you are diving and see this slow-moving 15-inch-long fish, look but don’t touch! The puffer-fish has a very-deadly neurotoxin in its skin that is over 1,000 times more powerful than cyanide. This ...