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

A Watertown McDonald’s manager was recently awarded the inaugural Paul M. Ross Impact Award by Ronald McDonald House ...

One fashion trend from the '80s may be making a comeback – at least with killer whales. An orca has been spotted wearing a ...

Opposing sides in British Columbia's fractious battle over coastal open net-pen salmon farming are in Ottawa casting for support to either phase out the industry or throw it a life line.

After ramming yachts off the coast of Spain, orcas are on to yet another bizarre trend: wearing dead salmon hats. Scientists and whale watchers have recently spotted killer whales off the coast of ...

An orca was spotted with a “salmon hat” in Puget Sound in Washington on Oct. 25 — the first time since 1987. Jim Pasola/Orca Newtwork Trendsetter Blackberry the orca was papped sporting the ...

Now, like fashion trends to do, the bizarre 'hat' has made a comeback after scientists and whale watchers in Washington State recently saw some orcas with dead salmon on their heads. In a Facebook ...

Are they getting smarter? The motivation for the salmon hat trend remains a mystery. "Honestly, your guess is as good as mine," Deborah Giles, an orca researcher at the University of Washington ...

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Are they getting smarter? The motivation for the salmon hat trend remains a mystery. "Honestly, your guess is as good as mine," Deborah Giles, an orca researcher at the University of Washington who ...