An especially popular killer whale put a dead fish on his head, in a throwback to a fashion last seen 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 what may seem like a call-back to 1980s whale culture, a resident orca off the coast of Washington state was recently ...
A recent photo of an orca swimming with a salmon on its head has fueled speculation that the fad, first observed in the 1980s ...
The fashionistas of the ocean have spoken, and it’s official -- salmon hats are making a comeback among orcas.
Orca whales have been spotted wearing dead salmon as hats, simultaneously charming and confounding scientists around the ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.
Orcas have been spotted wearing dead salmon on their head like hats, a trend that hasn't been popular with the whales since ...
In the cold waters of Puget Sound, Washington, a peculiar fashion statement has resurfaced after nearly four decades. Orcas, ...
Deborah Giles, the research director for the nonprofit Wild Orca, witnessed the return of the salmon hat trend while observing orcas in the Puget Sound. "We saw one with a fish on its head. So that ...
It’s a very sophisticated thing to do something for no purpose other than that it amuses you,” on researcher said.