The smile of a starry puffer, Arothron stellatus ... It’s produced by bacteria that live on food items the fish eats. Rather than a venom they directly deploy, TTX is a poison carried passively by the ...

While a human would have to ingest several of these worms to feel the negative effects of their poison, they carry the same venom that can prove deadly when eating poorly-prepared puffer fish.

The fugu or puffer fish is one of the most poisonous creature on the planet with toxins 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide.

The toxin, which is meant to deter predators from consuming the fish, can be found in almost every single puffer fish, states National Geographic. "To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 ...

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 ...

Like other puffer fish, the grass puffer accumulates the neurotoxin TTX to discourage would-be predators. However, grass puffers also accumulate a non-toxic analog of TTX called 5,6,11-trideoxyTTX ...

An 83-year-old woman has died after eating a puffer fish in Johor, Malaysia. The incident took place on March 25 and her husband, 84, is still recovering in the ICU after dining on the delicacy.

A delicacy in Japanese cuisine, puffer fish (fugu) also contain a lethal toxin. Improperly prepared puffer fish can cause the person eating it to experience food poisoning and a swift death.