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

In recent columns, I've discussed the yellow-bellied sapsucker, a definite oddball among the region's woodpeckers, as well as the downy woodpecker, which is the smallest member of this clan of ...

Some of the initial research into this question, starting in the 1970s, proposed that areas of sponge-like bones in a woodpecker’s skull act as shock absorbers to protect the brain. Subsequent ...