Important for Whales and Dolphins, among others

From http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ :

The president of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Gilbert S. Omenn, touched on this point recently
in a wide-ranging address published in Science Magazine:

"Science works best in a culture that welcomes challenges to
prevailing ideas and nurtures the potential of all of its
people. Scientific ways of thinking and of re-evaluating one's
views in light of new evidence help strengthen a democracy."

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/314/5806/1696