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.
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 ...
Now a northern pufferfish was just landed in Barnegat Bay that could set a new angling benchmark once the paperwork is complete. In the world of small fish, Capt. Dave DeGennaro caught a giant of ...