The rhythmic drumming echoes through the forest as the great spotted woodpecker makes its presence known. Captured in its ...

Although its best known for its volcanoes, if you're California then check out these animals in Lassen Volcanic National Park ...

Discover how woodpeckers use their bodies like hammers, combining muscle power and coordination to drill through wood.

Few sights feel as wild and lively as the rapid tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker at work on a tree trunk. For garden lovers who ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary from November 12-15, 2025, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, ...

Hidden beneath all their rum-pum-pumming, woodpeckers are quietly grunt-grunt-grunting. The birds exhale with each strike, much like a tennis pro groaning through a stroke. Elaborate coordination ...

Woodpeckers pack a punch, pounding wood with extreme force and experiencing decelerations of up to 400g. Now, researchers reveal in the Journal of Experimental Biology that drilling woodpeckers turn ...

A downy woodpecker, the smallest species of woodpeckers in North America, which populate forested areas throughout the United States and Canada. (Adobe Stock) (CN) — Woodpeckers have a reputation for ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Did you know that roughly three in ten Americans are birders? Here’s what two local birders say brought them to the activity, and inspired them to lead an inclusive Richmond ...

Editor’s note: This is an edited excerpt from Paul Bannick’s new book, “Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers.” (Published by Braided River, an imprint of Mountaineers Books, ...

Two ivory-billed woodpeckers in one of the historic photographs that Arthur Allen captured in the field in 1935. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Arthur Allen ...