The author holds a porcupine pufferfish, Diodon holocanthus. Chris knew the fugu story, and as I photographed our little porcupine pufferfish, he said, “Is it safe to hold barehanded like that?” ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Joseph Mastropiero, the father of a young son, grew up on Staten Island, and as such, remembers making frequent visits to the Staten Island Zoo, where he would head straight ...

Since February, something has been killing Hawaii’s pufferfish. The cause of the deaths isn’t known, but local researchers are working to find it. Because Hawaii hosts 14 species of pufferfish and ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — This porcupine puffer fish is SMART! OdySea Aquarium says the puffer fish, named Jalapeño for his ‘spicy’ attitude, learned how to solve this puzzle to get to shrimp treats! “He can ...

A hungry shark that tried to swallow a spiny porcupine fish suffocated on its supper, as the prickly mouthful got hooked halfway into the shark's gullet and blocked the predator's gills. The ...

WEST PALM BEACH — Pop-eyed and prickly, he was far from handsome. At feeding time, he was an outright bully. And when he got angry, he didn’t hesitate to spit in your face. Yet was there ever an ...