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

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

In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...

Researchers recently observed a killer whale (Orca) wearing dead salmon on their heads as hats, and believe it or not it's ...

Researchers recently observed a killer whale (Orca) wearing dead salmon on their heads as hats, and believe it or not it's ...

Researchers recently observed a killer whale (Orca) wearing dead salmon on their heads as hats, and believe it or not it's not the first time. It's something that the Orcas were doing back in the ...

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

A killer whale was recently spotted wearing a dead salmon on its head ... Others believe the hats are a result of playfulness. “It’s probably being done by young animals and is probably ...

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

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

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