Woodpeckers are nature's engineers. They use their whole bodies, not just their heads, to peck trees. Their neck, torso, and tail work together. Even their breathing is timed for maximum force. This ...

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 ...

You may hear the neighborhood woodpeckers at work when they’re dining on spiders, grubs, or insects such as ants in the nearest dead tree. But their loud hammering is impossible to miss if they start ...

A few weeks ago, at about 6:45 in the morning, I was at home, waiting to talk live on the air with Morning Edition host Michel Martin about a story I'd done, when I suddenly heard a loud metallic ...

Tiny but mighty: Downy woodpeckers drill into trees with a force 20 to 30 times their body weight. Brown University How do downy woodpeckers—North America’s smallest woodpeckers—manage to drill holes ...