Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pufferfish can inflate up to three times their normal size by rapidly swallowing water to appear larger and deter predators.

You wouldn’t think a blunt head puffer is a fish that could inspire tender sentiment, but one brought tears to a few eyes at the 91st Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. A blunt head puffer caught by ...

Biologists have found out why the Malabar dwarf pufferfish (Carinotetraodon travancoricus) has low fecundity — it produces just a few eggs a day and spawns in batches 1. This finding could have ...

Pufferfish can be served for human consumption as a delicacy called fugu. It is especially popular in Japan, but you may also see it available in other countries, including Korea, China, Singapore, ...

Pufferfish are among the most unique fish in the sea—and sometimes in freshwater too! As their name suggests, pufferfish can inflate like a balloon, transforming from a seemingly ordinary fish into a ...