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

A pod of killer whales has revived a curious trend from the 1980s in which they swim around with dead salmon balanced on ...

A killer whale was spotted balancing a salmon on its head. It’s not clear what the behavior means, but orcas were observed ...

The researchers then released the whales back into the wild. The brain wave recordings ... on how baleen whales protect themselves from killer whales. More information: Dorian S.

Fresh from last season’s power move of sinking boats in the Mediterranean sea, it would appear that this year orcas are ...

Deborah Giles, research director for conservation group Wild Orca, told New Scientist: “We’ve seen mammal-eating killer whales carry large chunks of food under their pectoral fin, kind of ...

Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still ...

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