Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s. Scientists aren’t sure what it means.

Stop trying to make dead salmon hats happen. It’s probably not a thing. People have been buzzing for weeks because scientists and a whale watcher this fall on separate occasions spotted two ...

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

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

First observed in the 1980s, the fad of orcas swimming around with dead salmon on their foreheads off Washington State seemed to have faded—until now.

An Orca whale has been spotted with a dead salmon perched on its head — 30 years after the salmon-hat wearin trend went out of fashion for whales.

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

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Washington orcas have reportedly revived a macabre fashion trend: dead-salmon hats. West Coast killer whales were last spotted sporting expired salmon in the 1980s, according to Live Science ...

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