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

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

Another orca wearing a salmon hat was photographed during a 2019 survey by the marine conservation group Ocean Wise. In a February 2022 Instagram post, researchers wrote that the orca was A99 ...

Another orca wearing a salmon hat was photographed during a 2019 survey by the marine conservation group Ocean Wise. In a February 2022 Instagram post, researchers wrote that the orca was A99 ...

kick-starting the so-called “salmon hat” trend, according to the conservation nonprofit ORCA. Within weeks, killer whales in her pod and two others were doing the same. The trend was exciting ...

She said the fish-hat fad is likely linked to food availability in a certain place. Giles said there have been healthy salmon runs in Admiralty Inlet in Puget Sound, where all three pods have been ...

was spotted with a salmon on its head — also known as a “salmon hat.” According to the Orca Network – a Washington nonprofit – the salmon hat phenomenon was first spotted in the late 80s ...

I’ve heard of a coonskin cap, but this is ridiculous: A whale-watcher recently spotted an orca donning a dead salmon as a hat. What’s even more remarkable? The fashion statement appears to be ...

By the next summer, the salmon hat was nowhere to be seen. As if it was a pair of mesh ballet flats, the salmon hat trend had seemingly gone out of fashion. However, as trends are typically ...