A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed ...

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

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

New observations from photographers and researchers confirm that orcas are once again sporting fish as headgear ...

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

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

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

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

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

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.

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 ...

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