The brain of a woodpecker experiences a seemingly catastrophic impact every time beak meets wood. "When you see these birds in action, hitting their head against a tree quite violently, then as humans ...

About two weeks ago I spent a few quiet hours in “Penn’s Woods” just listening and watching. Even though it wasn’t the best ...

Even though it is April now and spring is officially here, the windows on the back of our house look out over a field of snow that disappears into the woods and only begins to break up when it reaches ...

Remarkable footage captures the moment a red-headed woodpecker evicts a starling squatting in its nest by yanking it out of a tree trunk. Woodpeckers and starlings are cavity nesters, meaning they ...

Man, that’s got to flatten out some brain cells. Slow motion footage from a Turkish TV program The Glory of Nature found on Reddit shows a woodpecker repeatedly drilling its beak into a tree. You can ...

As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain trauma from all that drumming? So, I looked it up. Once again, nature has ...

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... Why don't woodpecker brains get damaged from ...

A new study refutes the popular idea that a woodpecker's brain is cushioned from the violent impacts of pecking. It offers a different reason the... The brain of a woodpecker experiences a seemingly ...

A woodpecker's brain takes a big hit with every peck, but these birds don't experience brain damage. And NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a team of scientists who think they have figured out why. JON ...