(CN) — Woodpeckers have a reputation for making a racket on a quiet morning with their unremitting clobbers, so it may be no ...

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

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove 21 species from the nation's endangered species list because they are considered extinct, but the much-debated ivory-billed woodpecker won a temporary ...

Woodpeckers really know how to punch above their weight. The woodland birds can attack a tree at about 15 miles per hour with their powerful beaks. To achieve this, woodpeckers essentially turn ...

The red-cockaded woodpecker was recently downgraded from endangered to threatened, but that doesn't mean it's out of the woods. “Last month the red-cockaded woodpecker was listed as threatened,” said ...

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

Don't be fooled by that soft-looking down and pretty faces – woodpeckers are tough, tree-pounding beasts who simultaneous ...

The birds grunt like tennis pros when generating their rat-a-tat, a performance strategy that may help stabilize core muscles.

BILLINGS, Mont. - Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct. It’s a ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently downlisted the red-cockaded woodpecker from endangered to threatened.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service downgraded the red-cockaded woodpecker from endangered to threatened on Oct. 24, 2024. (Renee Bodine/USFWS) (CN) — Federal wildlife officials removed the red-cockaded ...