Woodpeckers are notorious for pecking – or drumming – away at trees in search of food, a mate, and when nesting. But when they turn their attention to pecking your home, it can be frustrating. Aside ...

You may hear the neighborhood woodpeckers at work when they’re dining on spiders, grubs, or insects such as ants in the nearest dead tree. But their loud hammering is impossible to miss if they start ...

A woodpecker's brain takes a big hit with every peck, but these birds don't experience brain damage. And NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a team of scientists who think they have figured out why. JON ...

Frame sequence from a high-speed video of pecking in the pileated woodpecker (Erica Ortlieb & Robert Shadwick, University of British Columbia) (CN) — How do woodpeckers not get concussions? This ...

As spring progresses, you may hear that ever-familiar sound: peck, peck, peck. While fun for bird watchers, woodpeckers can quickly become a nuisance when their beak’s target is the side of your home.

Woodpeckers will peck at a tree up to 12,000 times a day. Just one woodpecker peck produces about 15 times the force needed to give a human a concussion. So, how do woodpeckers bang their heads so ...

A video of a pecking woodpecker has been gaining a lot of attention on social media lately.But it's not because the bird is pecking away at a tree in search of its next meal.As CNN's Jeanne Moos ...

Q. I recently got some good entertainment from a woodpecker that was hammering away on the exterior of our metal pole shed. Later, the bird (I assume it was the same one) started pecking away on the ...

Hawks and owls are powerful symbols in the sky. But what about other birds? Well, add woodpeckers to the list. Across cultures and spiritual traditions, woodpeckers have been celebrated as powerful ...

Rockport residents have a history of fighting off invaders, but not this time. During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny fishing village hurled rocks at British soldiers using their stockings as ...

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 ...