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 ...

“…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 ...

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 ...

The red-cockaded woodpecker was last spotted in the state in 1994. The Tennessee Wildlife Resrource Agency hopes to reintroduce the birds in 2028. Red-cockaded woodpecker population declined rapidly ...

Despite the fact that they bang their heads against trees on a daily basis, woodpeckers don't suffer brain injuries. Inspired by the tough-headed birds, scientists have developed a fixed-wing drone ...

Lately, my home in the country has been all a whirl with the sights and sounds of one of my favorite birds. Few birds can rival the striking beauty of the red-headed woodpecker. With a brilliant ...

Woodpecker is a pet and one of four pets added to Grow a Garden in the Fall Update expansion, released on September 20, 2025. If you're hoping to add the Woodpecker to your collection, here's a ...

The red-cockaded woodpecker has lost nearly all of its habitat in the southeastern United States, but an Air Force range in Florida is part of an emerging initiative to relocate besieged species on ...

Could woodpecker skulls hold the secret to mitigating brain damage in humans? Since the 1970s, scientists have asked this question, researching the industrious bird's skull and brain in a bid to ...

Every time I look at the back seat of my car, I see it — a plastic bag holding a white T-shirt and a small, dark feather. They’re leftovers from a fine June morning several years ago, when I’d been on ...