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

The salmon hat craze was first observed in 1987 when a female orca in the Puget Sound area of the northeast Pacific was seen ...

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

West Coast killer whales were last spotted sporting expired salmon in the 1980s, according to Live Science. After a nearly 40 ...

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and ...

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 ...

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

Off the coast of Washington State, orcas have started wearing salmon hats again. The trend was first described in the […] ...

And that’s generally been the area where some orcas have been spotted wearing salmon. Andrew Foote, an evolution ecologist at the University of Oslo in Norway, told New Scientist last week it ...

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

Paris fashion week may have come and gone, but just off the west coast of North America orcas are strutting their stuff and bringing back some retro marine styles. That is to say, killer whales have ...