Perched on a sunlit branch, a woodpecker listens to the silence of the forest before starting its rhythmic display. Each tap ...

A young woodpecker waits at its nest, eyeing a shiny beetle flying by. Will this be its first successful hunt? Witness this ...

Hertsmere Borough Council has received new planning applications for home extensions, tree works, and property changes across ...

Empty lots in deindustrialized cities like Detroit may contribute to bird species diversity, says a new study by researchers at MSU and Carleton University in Canada. The study recommends that vacant ...

If sold, the Dog Rock Timber Sale will be one of the largest timber projects on state lands in Northwest Montana. Earlier this year, the Department of Natural Resources offered 4.4 million board feet ...

Charlotte, a city in North Carolina, the United States, is not one of those native garden-friendly cities — at least, not yet ...

James Siverly Jr., 14, suffered injuries Thursday evening, when the team he was driving near his home ran away, crashed into ...

Hotsprings National Park in Arkansas combines thermal springs, mountain views and forests. It's the only National Park in ...

A downy woodpecker taps away at a crabapple tree in Colorado. Lewis Geyer/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily ...

“…No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, / No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! — / November!” ("November," Thomas Hood, 1844) Taptaptapping ...

Don't be fooled by that soft-looking down and pretty faces – woodpeckers are tough, tree-pounding beasts who simultaneous harden their whole bodies like a hammer and grunt as they drill away with ...

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 ...