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 ...

After years of waiting, I finally saw this gorgeous female Pileated Woodpecker exploring the dead pine trees that I refused to cut down. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Last Friday morning I woke up ...

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 ...

Being a generalist is a successful lifestyle approach in the avian world. It means a bird is flexible about things like where to live and what to eat, both excellent survival tactics. And that's the ...

Reported sightings of ivory-billed woodpeckers in Louisiana have inspired hope that the biggest woodpecker in North America may not be extinct. But while a team of researchers searching for them north ...