A resident orca off the coast of Washington state was recently spotted sporting a dead salmon on its head. The phenomenon was ...

An especially popular killer whale put a dead fish on his head, in a throwback to a fashion last seen in the 1980s.

I n late October, observers off the coast of Washington State witnessed an unusual sight: orcas swimming with dead salmon ...

Orca whales have been spotted wearing dead salmon as hats, simultaneously charming and confounding scientists around the ...

Orcas have been spotted wearing dead salmon on their head like hats, a trend that hasn't been popular with the whales since ...

The fashionistas of the ocean have spoken, and it’s official -- salmon hats are making a comeback among orcas.

Over the past few weeks, orca enthusiasts have spotted at least one killer whale sporting the throwback accessory. “We saw ...

King salmon, or chinook, are a critical part of the diet of Southern Resident killer whales. The population of Southern ...

Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still ...

It’s a very sophisticated thing to do something for no purpose other than that it amuses you,” on researcher said.

Though researchers have some best guesses, nobody seems to know for sure why exactly a killer whale in Washington state was ...

The J-, K- and L-pods are down to just 73 orcas, according to the latest census completed in July by the Center for Whale ...