One would think that aggressively knocking your head against a hardwood tree would result in a few minor concussions at the very least. However woodpeckers, who are known for such vigorous actions, ...

A woodpecker's brain takes a big hit with every peck against a tree. Yet the animals don't get brain damage. A team of scientists says the reason... Why don't woodpecker brains get damaged from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. woodpecker Woodpeckers are notorious for pecking – or drumming – away at trees in search of food, a mate, and when nesting. But ...

Woodpeckers, flickers and sapsuckers may be fun for birders to watch but they can be troublesome — pecking holes in dwellings, shredding feeders, enlarging cavities in trees, and driving you to ...

The birds hammer away, yet they don’t get concussed. Scientists found that assumptions about the animals’ impact-absorbing skulls were wrong. By Sam Jones Watching a woodpecker repeatedly smash its ...

It’s quite normal for greater spotteds to start staking out territories in January, less so on a plastic box near my bedroom window ...

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 ...

You might spot some of these woodpeckers stashing acorns in your garden, while others can be identified by their beautiful ...

How does a small black and white bird, weighing only about an ounce, drive some homeowners around the bend? The culprit — the downy woodpecker — problematically lives up to its name: These diminutive ...

Many birds can identify each other by the songs they make, from penguin chicks picking out their parents in a crowd of thousands to albatrosses finding their long-term mate each year. But woodpeckers ...