Red-bellied woodpeckers don’t always tap on trees for food. Sometimes, it is to find a mate. Seven species of woodpeckers are native to Pennsylvania and can be found in all areas of the state, from ...

Q: I saw a pileated woodpecker in my tree this morning; very exciting! It was big as a crow, with a black body and red-crested head with white stripes. I got my binoculars and bird book out and ...

Red-cockaded woodpeckers, Picoides borealis, are the only birds that excavate cavities in living pine trees. Each woodpecker might spend years excavating its own roost in the live tree – which is a ...

Foresters are calling it the most destructive tree pest to ever invade North America, and its march of devastation continues. Emerald ash borer has now spread to 35 states, killing hundreds of ...

Researchers discover how woodpecker skull geometry keeps powerful pecks stable, allowing the birds to hammer wood thousands of times safely.

This is a plea for the woodpecker tree. Blame it on my Mom. Every evening this spring as the other birds forage my woods for final noshes of food, Mr. P lets me know he's on his tree. This pileated ...

My hole season has arrived and oh how I enjoy it! Actually, I love the holes and consequently enjoy this time of year when holes become very busy. I am, of course, referring to woodpecker holes in ...

I spend a lot of time outside and one of my favorite sounds this time of year is the drumming of woodpeckers. In our neck of the woods, we have mostly hairy woodpeckers and downy woodpeckers. (Note: ...

Two downy woodpeckers and a barred owl were among the 94animals admitted to the von Arx Wildlife Hospital at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida last week. Other admissions include a black-crowned ...

Equal parts beautiful and bizarre, birds and the many facets of their existence frequently figure in inquiries that come across the Snopes news desk. One such inquiry involved the acorn woodpecker, ...