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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese scientists are worried about Fugu, the Japanese pufferfish that's famous as a delicacy but also infamous for carrying a ...

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. Such a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giant statue of a pufferfish is displayed at Karato fish market in Shimonoseki, southern Japan November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mari ...

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An international research consortium led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) reported on the draft sequencing, assembly, and analysis of the genome of the Japanese ...

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 ...

Fugu, the Japanese pufferfish that’s a luxe delicacy but also courses with neurotoxins more poisonous than cyanide, might help scientists gin up pain-killing drugs in the future. For killer pain, a ...

Japanese pufferfish are among the most prized and notorious delicacies in the sea. A single kilogram of the fish can go for as much as 30,000 yen ($264.80)—but it can be deadly if not properly ...

The powerful neurotoxin in the pufferfish called fugu—a sometimes-lethal Japanese delicacy—could be a fine painkiller if it wasn’t a killer, period. Now one of Japan’s largest pharmaceutical companies ...

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. Such a ...