Q: I occasionally see a big woodpecker with an orange head at my suet feeder. What is it and what else does it like to eat? A: I can understand your wish to see more of one of our largest and most ...

The Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries announced that a federally endangered species, the red-cockaded woodpecker, has moved in to Big Woods Wildlife Management Area in Sussex County. This ...

“The red-shafted flicker is so well-known that any detailed description of its plumage or habits seems superfluous,” wrote Willard Ayres Eliot in his 1923 book, “Birds of the Pacific Coast.” And so it ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. (WTVD) -- The first-ever pitch will be thrown at Segra Stadium on Thursday for the Fayetteville Woodpeckers' Opening Night. The crack of the bats brings a lot of excitement and ...

In recent columns, I've discussed the yellow-bellied sapsucker, a definite oddball among the region's woodpeckers, as well as the downy woodpecker, which is the smallest member of this clan of ...

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 ...

Pileated woodpeckers are the magnificent giants of our local head-hammering world. While our most common downy woodpeckers weigh less than an ounce, our pileateds can weigh almost a pound. Worldwide, ...

Some scientists still believe the ivory-billed woodpecker exists in the Big Woods, but they haven't been able to capture a sharp image of its remarkable 30-inch wing span and glossy black and white ...

A new study reveals how woodpeckers combine breathing and whole-body coordination to drill into trees with extraordinary ...

A large red-headed male woodpecker, which apparently has been living an enforced celibate life summers for the past three years in the vicinity of Hall Place, through inability to reach a female ...

There are many reasons Big Bend is good for bears and this is one of them. A clever bear stumbled upon a woodpecker’s large stash of acorns, which he continued to take from for days. Much to the ...