Ambergris has been used by humans for centuries. Fossilised evidence of the substance dates back 1.75 million years, and it is likely that humans have been using it for more than 1,000 years.

Ambergris found by a dog walker on an Anglesey beach has sold at auction for £11,000. The 1.1kg (2.4lb) chunk of whale vomit, known as ambergris and used mainly in perfume, sold to a phone bidder ...

Over time, ambergris gained entry into English cuisine via Italian and French influences, with their culinary practices greatly admired and imitated in early-modern England. According to the accounts ...

The digestive substance — AKA whale vomit — solidifies over time in the ocean and then floats to the surface. The waxy stones ...

Ambergris is formed when whales produce a fatty, cholesterol-rich substance, which acts as a defence and coats or surrounds the indigestible parts of the sperm whale’s prey, such as beaks and pens of ...

A block of ambergris, also known as 'floating gold', has been found in the intestine of a dead sperm whale washed up along a shore in the Canary Island of La Palma. The block of ambergris weighs 9.5 ...

Ambergris, also known as ‘whale vomit’ is a solid, waxy substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales, highly ...

In a recent discovery on the shores of the isle of La Palma of the Canary Islands, experts found ‘floating gold’ in a dead ...

A suspect has been arrested by Divulapitiya Police while in possession of a large stock of ‘Ambergris’, estimated to be worth ...

The seized quantity of ambergris weighed 2.976 kg, with an estimated international value of Rs 2.98 crore. “Two mobile phones ...