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 ...

In the 1980s, an orca on the West Coast of the United States started a strange trend that was quickly adopted not just by her ...

On October 25, a viral photo of a Southern Resident orca at Point No Point, Washington, was spotted with a salmon on its head ...

Scientists in Washington State have observed that orcas are bringing back their famous fashion statement of the "salmon hat" ...

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

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

Deborah Giles told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm that while this "salmon hat" phenomenon is certainly noteworthy, it's likely not a ...

While some orcas have been seen wearing salmon hats, experts are not sure why they engage in the behavior. “Within each group, they have a lot of different social behaviors, and one of the ...