Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.

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

Orcas Wear Dead Fish as Hats After 40 Years, Scientists Unclear Why They Are Sporting the Unusual Fashion Trend Again Killer ...

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

A recent photo of an orca swimming with a salmon on its head has fueled speculation that the fad, first observed in the 1980s ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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