One fashion trend from the ’80s may be making a comeback – at least with killer whales. An orca has been spotted wearing a salmon hat for the first time since 1987.

A new study reveals how a group of killer whales is able to hunt whale sharks, adding to a growing body of research showing how the whales use intelligence and coordination in impressive ways.

A new study reveals how a group of killer whales is able to hunt whale sharks, adding to a growing body of research showing how the whales use intelligence and coordination in impressive ways.

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

Northwest Pacific orcas have started wearing salmon hats again, bringing back a bizarre trend first described in the 1980s, researchers say. This is the first time they've donned the bizarre ...

Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it. This is the first time they've donned the ...

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Keto the killer whale dies in Tenerife zoo following claims by animals rights group that he was ‘driven insane’ by lifetime of confinement A killer whale that spent his entire life in ...

On Christmas Eve 2009, he launched a bloody attack on one of his trainers, 29-year-old Alexis Martinez, who had worked with orcas for several years. The pair was working together on that year’s ...

The boats in the ferry fleet are only about 20 feet long — smaller than most adult orcas. Andrew Trites, director of the University of British Columbia’s marine mammal research unit, has identified ...

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Orcas in the Gulf of California appear to have gained special skills to hunt and kill the world’s largest fish, according to a new study. Whale sharks, which grow up to 18m long, are known to ...