A group of Yemeni fishermen had their lives changed with whale vomit. The odorous organic material – also known as ambergris – came from a sperm whale carcass in the Gulf of Aden, according to the BBC ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 35-man fishing crew in Yemen netted themselves a hunk of whale vomit worth $1.5 million. Ambergris, known as "floating gold," is ...

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 fishermen from a war-torn Middle Eastern nation have been lifted out of poverty after they made a lucky discovery in the Gulf of Aden. The 35 men from Yemen found the carcass of a sperm ...

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 ...

A professor found a lump of ambergris, or "floating gold," worth 500,000 euros in a dead whale. The rare substance, which is normally found floating in the sea, is used in high-end perfumes. Here's ...