Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it’s the 1980s, but researchers still ...
A recent photo of an orca swimming with a salmon on its head has fueled speculation that the fad, first observed in the 1980s ...
A new documentary film tells the story of a captured orca named Tokitae that died in 2023 amid efforts to free her from more ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.
New observations from photographers and researchers confirm that orcas are once again sporting fish as headgear ...
While we in Florida might argue that 2024 was defined by “debris,” “storm surge,” or “ill-fated pickleball courts,” the ...
Researchers recently observed a killer whale (Orca) wearing dead salmon on their heads as hats, and believe it or not it's ...
Off the coast of Washington State, orcas have started wearing salmon hats again. The trend was first described in the […] ...
Researchers recently observed a killer whale (Orca) wearing dead salmon on their heads as hats, and believe it or not it's ...
The salmon hat craze was first observed in 1987 when a female orca in the Puget Sound area of the northeast Pacific was seen ...
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.