What is the study of whales called ?

Question

What is the study of whales called ?

Answer 1

cetology

Answer 2

No branch of zoology is so much involved as that which is entitled Cetology.

    ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€Â“ William Scoresby (as qtd in Moby-d**k)

Cetology (from Greek: κητος, cetus, "whale"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoise in the scientific order Cetacea.

Cetologists, or those who practice cetology, seek to understand and explain cetacean evolution, distribution, morphology, behavior, community dynamics, and other topics.

Answer 3

Also known as therology

Answer 4

Cetacean Zoology

Answer 5

Anthropology

Answer 6

You must be doing the crossword, too!  Cetology is the one that fits.