The stone is waxy, gritty, and leaves on the skin a trace of oily resin not unlike cannabidiol. Its smell, which so many have labelled “indescribable,” is an olfactory kaleidoscope: tobacco, wood, ...

The rare substance, which is normally found floating in the sea, is used in high-end perfumes. Here's what makes it so expensive. After a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach on the Spanish Island of ...

When walking along the beach, some objects might seem unusual because they are neither pebble nor shell nor seaweed. They can be covered with a soft white layer that looks a bit like cotton wool. They ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A mysterious fragrant stone discovered by a resident of Taiwan's Orchid Island has been verified as a lump of ambergris, which has an estimated market value of NT$6 million ...

THEY say, where there’s muck, there’s brass. Anyone who has stumbled upon ambergris will confirm this. The weathered whale excrement is extremely rare, but it can be found on beaches in many parts of ...

Whale vomit will lead to a filthy fortune for an 8-year-old English boy after the piece of ambergris he discovered is estimated to be worth more than $60,000. Ambergris is hardened vomit from the ...