If you crossed a hedgehog with a fish, you'd get a puffer fish. This majestic, inflatable sea beast is one of the most unusual aquatic animals ever, with a unique set of defense mechanisms that ...

There are over 120 species of puffer fish, and 22 different kinds are approved by the Japanese government for use in restaurants. But one is more prized, and more poisonous, than the others ...

Pufferfish have an iconic defence mechanism, but there’s more to these famous inflatables than meets the eye. Their potent poison has a fearsome reputation, linking daredevil diners, drug-user ...

How are pufferfish helping us understand our own evolution? By mapping synteny in their short genome, scientists can find evolutionary patterns through this example of comparative genomics.

One of the deadliest creatures in the world, the puffer fish produces a poison that can kill a man within hours. Yet scientists have found that it can also relieve the suffering of cancer patients ...