Researchers discover how woodpecker skull geometry keeps powerful pecks stable, allowing the birds to hammer wood thousands of times safely.

Woodpeckers are somewhat famous for their habitual act of slamming their faces into trees, but does this activity cause any brain damage to the birds? Citing a new study published in the journal PLOS ...

As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain trauma from all that drumming? So, I looked it up. Once again, nature has ...

Woodpeckers peck trees up to 20 times a second. Experts once believed they had built-in shock absorbers. New research reveals their skulls do not absorb shock. Instead, their heads move as a single ...

Five species of woodpecker visit my suet feeders in winter: downy, hairy, pileated, flicker or red-bellied. On cold days, they hammer away diligently to loosen a piece of suet. On warm days, they ...

The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds and animals.