The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove 21 species from the nation's endangered species list because they are considered extinct, but the much-debated ivory-billed woodpecker won a ...

The government’s last accepted sighting of the red-crowned bird species was in April 1944 by artist and birder Don Eckelberry. Read more: Is the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct?

Meet the woodpecker with a puzzling moniker and a big appetite for suet. Learn what a red-bellied woodpecker looks like and ...

While hearing woodpeckers do their thing can get a little tiresome, the birds are actually great to have around. Here's how and why to bring them to your yard.

An ancient family, woodpeckers are 239 species strong and live on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. Compared to other birds, they do things a little differently.

Peachtree Rock has recently spotted the first red-cockaded woodpecker in Lexington County after going decades without any ...

Residents of Riverlea near Worthington are covering their car mirrors to prevent mating woodpeckers from cracking side mirrors.

The debate on whether the ivory-billed woodpecker is actually extinct may be ongoing, but a genetic engineering company is aiming to restore the fabled species to its natural habitat. In 2021, the ...

Conservationist George Georgiadis vividly remembers the first time he saw Kaempfer’s woodpecker, a species once thought to be on the brink of extinction. He heard its drumming, then the bird ...

A species of woodpecker once thought to limit itself to recently burned areas can breed successfully in the unburned parts of fire-prone landscapes too, according to a study that holds key ...