While downy woodpeckers live only north of the Mexican border, hairy woodpeckers are permanent residents from Alaska and Canada all the way south through the mountains of Mexico and Central ...

The world's third largest woodpecker was condemned to oblivion some 50 years ago, but in April 2005, a stunning video emerged from a vast Arkansas swamp forest. The tape appeared to show a live ...

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 on each side. Unless of course, one is feeling testy and ...

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

This conspicuous clown-faced woodpecker of western oak woodlands is remarkable for its social habits, living over much of its range in communal groups of up to 4 or more breeding males and as many ...

A woodpecker native to North Carolina that was once seen as being on the cusp of disappearing from the state's longleaf pine forests is now being heralded as an example of what can happen when public ...

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 ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in Southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be upgraded from ...