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

A green woodpecker paused in the tall grass, its bright feathers shining in the sun. This colorful bird is known for its loud ...

Some of the initial research into this question, starting in the 1970s, proposed that areas of sponge-like bones in a woodpecker’s skull act as shock absorbers to protect the brain. Subsequent ...

One of the best films of 2025 was a documentary you’ve probably never heard of (unless you’re a birder). It’s Listers, a low-budget gem that raced through the birding community like suet through a ...

“And you tell him if he don’t show up himself, he ain’t nothing but a yellow-bellied sapsucking coward.”–Denzel Washington as Sam Chisolm in the 2016 remake of "The Magnificent Seven" Arguably our ...

WOODPECKERS have unique habits that place them into a category of avian critters who conduct their life and food gathering abilities in similar fashion. Scientists place them in the family named ...

If Wisconsin had a winter mascot, the black-capped chickadee might be it. These tiny, round birds are instantly recognizable with their black caps and bibs, white cheeks, gray backs, and warm buff ...

If you’ve heard the hammering of a woodpecker in the woods, you might have wondered how the birds can be so forceful. What does it take to whack your head against a tree repeatedly, hard enough to ...

Tiny but mighty: Downy woodpeckers drill into trees with a force 20 to 30 times their body weight. Brown University How do downy woodpeckers—North America’s smallest woodpeckers—manage to drill holes ...

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 ...

A downy woodpecker taps away at a crabapple tree in Colorado. Lewis Geyer/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily ...

The red-cockaded woodpecker was last spotted in the state in 1994. The Tennessee Wildlife Resrource Agency hopes to reintroduce the birds in 2028. Red-cockaded woodpecker population declined rapidly ...