From their chisel-like beaks to their shock-absorbent skulls, woodpeckers are built for drilling holes. But new research reported by New Scientist suggests that one species may be using spores from ...

Red-cockaded woodpeckers, Picoides borealis, are the only birds that excavate cavities in living pine trees. Each woodpecker might spend years excavating its own roost in the live tree – which is a ...

Get an intimate look at what makes woodpeckers so special. Explore their unique abilities and intimate stories from around the world. Narrated by Paul Giamatti. Go deep into the woods to explore the ...

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, ...

If it weren't for owls, I'd be a woodpecker guy. Like owls, woodpeckers have some amazing adaptations. The downy woodpecker, our country's smallest woodpecker, can be found across the continental ...

The name says it all: woodpecker. These colorful black and white birds with, often, red on their heads validate their name by drilling into trees, utility poles and occasionally house siding. Their ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Woodpeckers often get a bad rap. Some people find their incessant pecking, or what's more often described as hammering, to be an annoyance.

How does a small black and white bird, weighing only about an ounce, drive some homeowners around the bend? The culprit — the downy woodpecker — problematically lives up to its name: These diminutive ...

Get an intimate look at what makes woodpeckers so special. Narrated by Paul Giamatti. Get an intimate look at what makes woodpeckers so special. Explore their unique abilities and intimate stories ...