A fascinating natural history of an incredibly curious substance. “Preternaturally hardened whale dung” is not the first image that comes to mind when we th

An entertaining and lively history that covers ambergris--a digestive byproduct from whales that is in most perfumes and one of the world's most expensive subst

A fascinating modern hunt for a treasure from a most surprising source -- a whale's stomach. Journalist and biologist Christopher Kemp discovers, after reading

Floating Islands in science, history, the arts and any number of sightings elsewhere