In some acorn woodpecker family groups, related females lay eggs in the same nest and raise the chicks cooperatively with one or more related males. Acorn Woodpeckers live in close-knit family groups ...

Living in the harsh arid lands of western Texas can be quite challenging. All sorts of creatures depend on and compete for the minuscule amounts of shade and water that exist here. But regardless how ...

NEW ORLEANS — Some call forestry student David Kulivan delusional, others pathological. Kulivan knew his testimony could make him look like a fool. He gave it anyway. He insists he’s seen the ...

Since the Endangered Species Act was established nearly 50 years ago in the United States, the Fish and Wildlife Service has prevented the extinction of more than 99 per cent of the species listed in ...

A new long-term study led by Sahas Barve, a Peter Buck Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, finds that male acorn woodpeckers breeding polygamously in duos or trios of males ...

DESCRIPTION: The black-backed woodpecker is a towhee- to robin-sized three-toed woodpecker inhabiting montane and boreal conifer forests of North America. The bird is heavily barred black and white on ...