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.

Orca whales have been spotted wearing dead salmon as hats, simultaneously charming and confounding scientists around the ...

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 ...

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

Though researchers have some best guesses, nobody seems to know for sure why exactly a killer whale in Washington state was ...

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

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 ...

A decades-old habitat preservation effort in British Columbia, Canada, is showing positive signs for one type of orcas that ...

Orcas have been spotted off the west coast of North America, balancing salmon on their heads. The phenomenon, first observed in 1987, is a bit of a mystery. But after a long absence, they’re bringing ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — An international team of scientists has identified a surprising factor that accelerates the degradation of lithium-ion batteries leading to a steady loss of charge. This ...

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