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

Off the coast of Washington State, orcas have started wearing salmon hats again. The trend was first described in the […]

Orcas have been spotted wearing dead salmon on their head like hats, a trend that hasn't been popular with the whales since the 1980s.

Orca whales have been spotted wearing dead salmon as hats, simultaneously charming and confounding scientists around the world. On October 25, an Orca whale from a group of whales called the J pod was spotted with a dead salmon perched on top of its head as it swam through Puget Sound in Washington State, USA.

The fashionistas of the ocean have spoken, and it’s official -- salmon hats are making a comeback among orcas.

In what may seem like a call-back to 1980s whale culture, a resident orca off the coast of Washington state was recently spotted sporting a dead salmon on its head. The phenomenon was first documented in 1987 when whales from three separate pods were seen wearing salmon on their heads,

In the cold waters of Puget Sound, Washington, a peculiar fashion statement has resurfaced after nearly four decades. Orcas, the ocean’s charismatic black-and-white predators, are donning “salmon hats” again—balancing dead fish on their heads as they swim.

A group of orcas off the west coast of North America has brought back a bizarre fashion trend not seen since the late 1980s: wearing a single dead salmon on their heads as if it was a hat. Experts are at a loss to explain why orcas would want to wear fish in the first place,