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Woodpeckers are important members of the bird community, pounding out nesting holes later used by other cavity-nesting bird species. Tree cavities are hard to find. When the birds are attacking your ...

Woody is alive and well, not just on Saturday morning kids TV, but also in the forests of the eastern half of this country, much of Canada and a narrow strip in the far wesernt United States. He’s ...

Woody is alive and well, not just on Saturday morning kids TV, but also in the forests of the eastern half of this country, much of Canada and a narrow strip in the far west United States. He’s ...

Woodpeckers are notorious for pecking – or drumming – away at trees in search of food, a mate, and when nesting. But when they turn their attention to pecking your home, it can be frustrating. Aside ...

Q DEAR TIM: I have woodpecker damage. The pesky bird drilled a number of large holes into the wood trim. I noticed earlier in the season that carpenter bees had been hanging around this part of my ...

Update: 2 NEWS has received numerous reports of what viewers thought to be the presumed extinct Ivory-billed woodpecker, but experts say it is actually a similar woodpecker that is common in the Miami ...

The birds hammer away, yet they don’t get concussed. Scientists found that assumptions about the animals’ impact-absorbing skulls were wrong. By Sam Jones Watching a woodpecker repeatedly smash its ...

A woodpecker's brain takes a big hit with every peck against a tree. Yet the animals don't get brain damage. A team of scientists says the reason is the brain's very small size. A woodpecker's brain ...