Imagine slamming your head into a tree trunk at full speed, again and again, for hours every day. The thought alone makes ...

Woodpeckers help and hurt trees. They help by devouring insects that injure trees, including ants, caterpillars and borers. They hurt trees because their pecking damages tree bark, leaving ...

Photographer’s description: “My wife and I were walking through Seward Park when we heard a pileated woodpecker. Much to my ...

People thought it was an April Fool's Day joke when a neighbor posted on Facebook about a vandal bird breaking car mirrors.

Woodpeckers are generally shy birds that prefer old forests and woodland areas. Their primary, natural food source is wood boring insects found in damaged, dead or dying trees and stumps.

Red-cockaded woodpeckers have been the focus of conservation efforts, including habitat restoration, artificial nest box placement and prescribed burning.

We have 10 RCW (red-cockaded woodpecker) groups there.” There was significant tree loss, Burnam said. “The areas with the RCW cluster sites and the areas they use to forage, damage was ...

The woodpecker has been caught on camera perching on cars and trucks and drilling into the side mirrors, leaving some cracked ...

Recovery efforts are underway, including replacing damaged trees with artificial nest boxes to provide shelter for the woodpeckers. Experts are still assessing the full impact of the hurricane on ...