We leave you this Sunday morning with red-bellied woodpeckers at Canaveral Marshes near Orlando, Florida. Videographer: Doug ...

The man intentionally lets native trees and plants grow freely on his property for this reason. Hiker captures rare footage ...

The night was clear, calm and bright. The waxing gibbous moon reflects off the snow that fell yesterday before the skies cleared and the temperature dropped. It was about 15 degrees below zero at dusk ...

In Minnesota’s Northwoods, a black-backed woodpecker stands out for its three toes and its role in fire-shaped forests.

After years of waiting, I finally saw this gorgeous female Pileated Woodpecker exploring the dead pine trees that I refused to cut down. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Last Friday morning I woke up ...

June is upon us, and we are all set to celebrate Father’s Day this weekend. If we have any luck at all, the weather will be cooperative, but the pattern has been pretty dismal so far; 12 consecutive ...

Woodpeckers assume a pivotal ecological role in forest ecosystems by excavating tree cavities that serve both as nesting sites for themselves and as critical resources for a diversity of secondary ...

Hawks and owls are powerful symbols in the sky. But what about other birds? Well, add woodpeckers to the list. Across cultures and spiritual traditions, woodpeckers have been celebrated as powerful ...

“Pecking is a full-body exercise,” says University of Alabama biologist Nicole Ackermans, who studies brain damage in woodpeckers and head-butting sheep. Coordinating “micro breaths” with muscle ...

Don't be fooled by that soft-looking down and pretty faces – woodpeckers are tough, tree-pounding beasts who simultaneous harden their whole bodies like a hammer and grunt as they drill away with ...