In what may seem like a call-back to 1980s whale culture, a resident orca off the coast of Washington state was recently ...

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

Sometimes, nature surprises us with behavior that feels more like a quirky human trend than an animal instinct. That’s ...

Hatful of Sorrow You've probably heard all about orcas' daring feats, like sinking yachts. But are you aware that they can be ...

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and ...

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 ...

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

As anyone who follows fashion knows, certain trends like indie sleaze and cargo pants can come back around after a long and ...

The J-, K- and L-pods are down to just 73 orcas, according to the latest census completed in July by the Center for Whale ...

Experts say it may just be a "fad" that has emerged as the whales find more time to goof around. Read more at ...

Northwest Pacific orcas have started wearing salmon hats again, bringing back a bizarre trend first described in the 1980s, researchers say. This is the first time they've donned the bizarre headgear ...