If you’ve ever witnessed a Pileated Woodpecker chiseling away at a tree trunk, you might have wondered if all that wood pecking was taking a toll on the tree. Pileated nest holes, after all, can ...

The following was written by Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto and provided by Kim Mikus. Illustrations by ...

Most birds climb trees the way people climb ladders: head up, feet below, the world oriented the same way it always is. Nuthatches don’t bother with that. They spiral headfirst down the bark, defying ...

Pileated woodpeckers are among the largest and most interesting indigenous feathered flyers that inhabit Chesapeake’s densely wooded Indian River Park. “They are gorgeous birds. They are actually a ...

A woman went viral on TikTok after a pileated woodpecker went to town on a tree in her yard in Brewer, Maine. Meghan Snook told Storyful she recorded this footage of the bird “repeatedly pecking and ...

I didn’t see any red-bellied belly woodpeckers the first year I had my bird feeders out. But when one appeared, seeing its distinctive red feathers resembling a mullet haircut, left no doubt about its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With its soft, downy feathers and rapid tree tapping, it's simple enough to see how this small woodpecker acquired its common name ...

The next Author & Speaker Series talk at the Edmonds Waterfront Center will feature award-winning photographer Paul Bannick speaking about his book Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American ...

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers will open their 2026 season on April 3 against the Wilson Warbirds. Single-game tickets start at $10, with various season and partial-season packages also available. The ...

A new study shows how woodpeckers engage muscles throughout their entire bodies and coordinate their breaths to drill into wood. Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Nicholas Antonson, post-doctorate ...

Woodpeckers are well known for striking tree trunks with remarkable force and precision. These birds deliver thousands of high-speed impacts per day, generating mechanical loads that would destabilize ...