Aside from perhaps experiencing a tidal wave a hundred feet high crashing onto a city, there is likely nothing in human ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says this is the time of year when woodpeckers are excavating ...

From their tree-climbing abilities to extraordinary hearing, there are plenty of interesting facts to learn about the woodpecker family. The post 18 Amazing Woodpecker Facts You Should Know appeared ...

Discover a rare and fascinating wildlife moment as a woodpecker feeds its young inside a hidden tree cavity. Unlike many bird species, woodpeckers use unique techniques and remarkable precision when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woodpeckers also may find a knot hole in wood siding and think it looks like a great place to start excavating for a nest. Or they ...

Pileated woodpeckers are among the largest and most interesting indigenous feathered flyers that inhabit Chesapeake’s densely ...

A red-bellied woodpecker feeds its young in the nest hole of a sweet gum tree in northeast Charlotte. JOHN D. SIMMONS jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com From hummingbirds to cardinals, bird feeders to ...

A red-headed woodpecker, named Willie Wood, was once the cartoon mascot of WOOD TV8. Now, it's a vulnerable species in the ...

Hit your head really hard on something, and it’ll smart for a while. In worse cases, you might get a concussion, fracture your skull, or receive a brain injury that leaves you impaired or kills you ...

Equal parts beautiful and bizarre, birds and the many facets of their existence frequently figure in inquiries that come across the Snopes news desk. One such inquiry involved the acorn woodpecker, ...

Scientists had long wondered how woodpeckers can repeatedly pound their beaks against tree trunks without doing damage to their brains. This led to the notion that their skulls must act like ...