An 8-year-old boy in England could be up to $63,000 richer, thanks to a piece of solidified whale vomit he picked up on the beach. The chunk may look like a yellow-brownish rock, but it's actually a ...

A 35-man fishing crew in Yemen netted themselves a hunk of whale vomit worth $1.5 million. Ambergris, known as "floating gold," is a rare substance found only in the bellies of sperm whales. The ...

Ambergris is a wax-like substance that has long held value in the perfume industry thanks to its valor as a fixative. (That is, as an ingredient that enhances a given scent’s shelf life.) Enhancing ...

A group of 35 Yemeni fishermen sold a chunk of whale vomit weighing 280 pounds for $1.5 million dollars. The vomit, known as ambergris, is a valuable commodity in many parts of the world. Sperm whales ...

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A rare, waxy material called ambergris — known as “floating gold,” it’s something of a treasure in the fragrance industry — can elevate the scents and notes of a perfume or cologne. Ambergris is ...

A father from Scotland claims to have discovered a rare chunk of whale vomit worth more than $50,000 — but experts have told him it’s nothing but “sewage grease.” Ronnie Humphreys, 42, says the nearly ...

A man in England quickly found out that it s worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. In Google I put whale vomit, said Ken Wilman. As soon as I saw the pictures of it I came straight back down to the ...

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Ken Wilman was walking his dog Madge in the coastal town of Morecambe in northwest England when she began "poking at a rather large stone" with a waxy texture and yellowish colour. At first he left it ...

The large chunk could be ambergris, sperm whale vomit that eventually develops into a sweet-smelling substance used in perfumes Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has ...

MUMBAI: In a joint operation, Kurla police and forest officials arrested a 28-year-old man for illegally possessing and attempting to sell whale vomit.