The pileated woodpecker.The bird native to North America.Currently the largest woodpecker in the United States after the critically endangered and possibly extinct ivory woodpecker.© Karel ...

Museum educator Bob Alderink shows how a bird's beak (or tongue) can clue you in to what it does for a living. Museum educator Bob Alderink shows how a bird's beak (or tongue) can clue you in to what ...

The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds and animals.

The woodpecker is a unique bird species that has gone through some mysteriously acquired adaptations since the extinction of the dinosaurs. Fossils tell us, without any explanations of course (because ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has chosen the Red-bellied Woodpecker as it March Bird in Focus.

In the cold, blustery days of January, one bird species brings joy and light. Its name alone, downy woodpecker, exudes a sense of warmth, and if you have any trees in your neighborhood, you most ...

Our region’s woodpeckers may be simultaneously praised for their biological control of grubs and other insect pests yet maligned for perceived or actual damage that they cause to trees and various man ...

Maryland is famous for its abundance of blue crabs, but birdwatchers would be delighted to know that this historical state is also home to 7 species of woodpeckers. The number may not be as impressive ...