Recently, orcas have been spotted balancing salmon on their heads once again, sparking excited conservations within the ...

Killer whales in the Pacific Northwest resume the habit of balancing salmon on their heads, puzzling scientists and observers ...

The orca in the photo was identified by researchers as J27 Blackberry, who isn’t the most social orca in the pod, according ...

Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s.

In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...

Deborah Giles told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm that while this "salmon hat" phenomenon is certainly noteworthy, it's likely not a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – While fashion trends may come and go, one trend from the 80s may be making a comeback: Salmon hats. On October 25, a viral photo of a Southern Resident orca at Point No ...

An orca was seen balancing a salmon on its head in coastal waters in Washington state. Orcas were previously observed doing the same thing in the 1980s. It’s not clear what the behavior means.

A killer whale in Monterey Bay, Calif. A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head earlier this fall near the coastline in Washington state, surprising scientists and intriguing orca ...

"We've seen mammal-eating killer whales carry large chunks of food under their pectoral fin, kind of tucked in next to their body," Giles said. Salmon is probably too small to fit securely under ...