If you’ve ever been camping, or live in tree-dense areas, then you may have heard or seen a woodpecker. These birds love to use their beaks as jackhammers and buzz away at the trunks of trees to ...

Now a story about a mysterious noise - our colleague Sacha Pfeiffer was about to go live with me a few weeks ago when she heard it. She is a reporter on NPR's investigative team, so you know she had ...

From their chisel-like beaks to their shock-absorbent skulls, woodpeckers are built for drilling holes. But new research reported by New Scientist suggests that one species may be using spores from ...

I have been feeding woodpeckers suet this winter. A while ago, when I was at Home Depot picking up a shovel for a job, I heard a person ask how to solve the problem of a woodpecker leaving holes in ...

The woodpeckers are at it again and if you’re lucky they won’t be bothering you. But some people, largely by virtue of their home’s location, will be ‘up to here’ with woodpeckers by month’s end. It ...

If a woodpecker wants a home, it does more than just knock on wood – it takes some tiny helpers with it. The red-cockaded woodpecker seems to carry spores of fungi that rot wood in what appears to be ...

Discover the fascinating anatomy of woodpeckers, from their Morse code-like communication to their innovative shock-absorbing ...

Woodpeckers are important members of the bird community, pounding out nesting holes later used by other cavity-nesting bird species. Tree cavities are hard to find. When the birds are attacking your ...

Dear Readers, One of the most commonly asked questions of this column is how to deal with woodpeckers carving out holes in the siding and trim of wood sided homes. As anyone who has tried to ...