St Andrews University was criticised last night for accepting funds for whale research from the Japanese agency which directs the country's annual whale hunt.
Just a few years previously, whale research had meant studying captive or dead animals, and the study of living wild whales had been virtually nonexistent.
The Volunteers participate in the museum's whale research that has been performed for several years.
Nor have I been at all sparing of historical whale research, when it has seemed needed.
The committee has also attested to the value of Japan's whale research.
Then I slipped the nucleus of the whale research into my memory, gently, so as not to give the game away too soon.
Other uses with special projectiles are in whale research to take blubber biopsy samples without harming the whales.
It was argued that the U.S. and the IWC had no standing to interfere with Iceland's sovereignty regarding whale research.
Captain Larsen wants to show me some of the results of his whale research.
After drinks in the captain's cabin, he enjoyed a delicious meal, then he was entertained with incredible underwater footage of the ship's whale research.