Acting swiftly on confidential intelligence, a forest team led by senior officials laid a trap and recovered 2 kg of ...

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

"Ambergris is very expensive and costs around 1.5 to 2 crore rupees [$181,154 to $241,531] per kilogram [2.2 pounds]," Seema Latkar, the district police superintendent for the city of Mysuru, said ...

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

Ambergris looked and smelled like nothing else, and its origin was a complete mystery. Ambergris was used as a medicine for centuries but when people started large scale production of perfume, the ...

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

“Ambergris is like a diamond, it’s not turquoise or a piece of coral. Its aroma affects everything else and that’s why people have pursued it for hundreds of years.” ...

Ronnie Humphreys, 42, says the nearly 4.5-pound lump of whale puke, known as ambergris, was found by his 5-year-old son while the two were walking on Leven Beach in Fife on Sunday.

The 35 men from Yemen found the carcass of a sperm whale floating in the sea, which turned out to contain more than $1.5 million worth of rare and valuable ambergris, BBC News reported on Tuesday.

The men sold the odorous glob off to someone in the United Arab Emirates for $1.5 million. Ambergris is often called the “treasure of the sea” and “floating gold.” Getty Images ...

Ambergris sells for roughly $20 a gram, gold for $30. It has been used as a cure for pestilence, and, according to 10th century Muslim trader Ibn Hawqal, as an aphrodisiac.

Ambergris Caye is not one of the world's cheapest places to retire. A reasonable budget for two would be $3,000 per month, including $800 to $1,000 for rent.