In 2021, five ambergris seizure cases were reported in Kerala. The DNA test results of only two of those cases are currently available and they were negative. KOCHI: Of late, Kerala has reported ...

A team of researchers from Denmark, the U.K. and Ireland has identified the origin of ambergris. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes analyzing DNA sequences ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala forest and wildlife department is awaiting the test result to confirm whether the substance received from the sea is ambergris (whale vomit) or not.A group of fishermen ...

Ambergris is a waxy substance produced by sperm whales to protect their digestive tract from indigestible debris. Once expelled, it floats to the surface, washing up as flotsam on beaches around the ...