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

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

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

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

Deborah Giles, the research director for the nonprofit Wild Orca, witnessed the return of the salmon hat trend while observing orcas in the Puget Sound. "We saw one with a fish on its head. So that ...

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

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 ...

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

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

In the cold waters of Puget Sound, Washington, a peculiar fashion statement has resurfaced after nearly four decades. Orcas, ...

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

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