In 1995, divers first noticed a group of bizarre sandy "crop circles" on the seabed around Amami Oshima Island, southwest ...

A recent scientific study takes a look at the intriguing ability of male Japanese pufferfish. The incredible fish utilize a fascinating mating ritual that involves engineering complex designs in the ...

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, ...

Japan’s white-spotted pufferfish are renowned for producing complex, ringed patterns in the sand. Now, 5,500 kilometers away in Australia, scientists have discovered what appear to be dozens more of ...

In 1995, divers noticed a beautiful, strange circular pattern on the seafloor off Japan, and soon after, more circles were discovered nearby. Some likened these formations to "underwater crop circles.

Pufferfish, known for their unique ability to inflate and their potent neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin (TTX), are both fascinating and deadly. These creatures, with nearly 200 species, use their inflation ...

Pufferfish can balloon into a spikey sphere within moments of sensing a nearby threat, and while it may seem like these creatures hold their breath as they inflate, they can actually breathe as they ...

Pufferfish is regarded as a luxury in Japan and a meal featuring the potentially poisonous delicacy can easily cost up to 20,000 yen ($125) at high-end restaurants. But now, adventurous foodies in ...

PufferFish tiki bar was born of necessity in the pandemic, a side project turned hit on Lost Whale’s patio in Bay View. Now you could say it's reaching new heights: It will have a pop-up Friday on the ...