When not throwing pots or showing visitors his wood-fired ceramics, Brattleboro resident Walter Slowinski is fronting his swing band, The Woodpeckers. This Friday, Jan. 10, The Woodpeckers perform ...

It also has a special weapon, a needled beak that enables it to probe deep into crevices for larvae and eggs of insects ...

As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain trauma from all that drumming? So, I looked it up. Once again, nature has ...

Wildfires consume all and leave little more than ashes in their wake—but that’s hardly enough to stop these animals from ...

The main cast was colorful, energetic, and cheerful and brought much joy and laughter to millions of children around the globe. But whatever happened to the cast of Barney? Let’s take a look at how ...

We provide two sizes of cages to hold the suet blocks. The smaller is about 4 1/2 inches square; the larger about 8-by-7-inches. The large ones accommodate the bigger woodpeckers, two at a time, one ...

Even though the woodpecker security staff at the treehouse coffeehouse has been treated with respect by Old Moneybags and me, the woodpeckers are getting pushy. Maybe we erred in letting them ...

The biggest danger for wildlife is the aftermath. But many species have evolved to rely on the opportunities created by ...