Believe it or not, puke from sperm whales, or ambergris, is a valuable ingredient in perfumes and certain medicines. To protect the animal, collecting and selling ambergris is prohibited in many ...

The Pune Forest Department in India recently busted a group of individuals smuggling a scarce, highly sought-after substance. While one may assume gold, diamonds, or some other widely appreciated ...

A Fortunate Find in the Sea Becoming wealthy typically requires hard work and talent, but sometimes luck can change ...

Ambergris, that versatile sperm whale excretion that Herman Melville wrote so prodigiously about when the ocean was just a Dave & Buster’s for murdering sperm whales, can be a pretty valuable ...

We don’t often associate the anus with pleasant aromas. But for select members of a certain species of cetacean, that orifice can be the source of the world’s most sought after scent. While the odor ...