Downy woodpeckers (Dryobates pubescens) like this one drum rapidly on trees and gutters to compete for territory. A new study has shown that this behavior involves regions in the brain that ...

If you are trying to figure out where you might have seen a pileated woodpecker before, think back on one of the best-loved animated characters of all time: Woody Woodpecker. Developed in 1940 ...

Invasive American minks may threaten the largest woodpecker species in South America, according to new research. The Magellanic woodpecker — a relative of the extinct ivory-billed woodpecker ...

Study Finds Polygamy Helps Male Acorn Woodpeckers Thrive The findings could help scientists learn more about how social behaviors evolved in other animals Abigail Eisenstadt August 18, 2021 ...