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

Police in Kerala seized ambergris, worth Rs 2.5 crore, arresting two individuals for smuggling. Suhail was caught in ...

Kochi: Kerala Police confiscated ambergris, commonly known as whale vomit, with an estimated value of ₹2.5 crore in the ...

KOCHI: The Kochi city police seized approximately one-and-a-half kilograms of ambergris (whale vomit), which was smuggled to ...

Ahmedabad City Crime Branch seizes 2 kg of ambergris worth ₹2 crore, arrests one person in illegal wildlife trade.

Authorities are now investigating who the intended recipient of the delivery was, who was supposed to collect it, and how ...

“Ambergris is produced to protect the whale’s gut from sharp objects and, over time, is expelled and can be found floating in the ocean or washed ashore,” Nichols explained.

“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.” ...

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 ...