A downy woodpecker is a small black and white bird that visits suet feeders. Listen to their call and see photos of males and females.

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Woodpeckers operate at an extreme level, boring through solid wood with forces more than 30 times their own weight and drilling up to 13 times a second. How do they never miss a beat while head ...

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Editor's note: This story was updated to add new information. Fayetteville's minor league baseball team has been sold to an organization that has ties to multiple minor league franchises across the ...

The woodpecker is a unique bird species that has gone through some mysteriously acquired adaptations since the extinction of the dinosaurs. Fossils tell us, without any explanations of course (because ...

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If you’ve heard the hammering of a woodpecker in the woods, you might have wondered how the birds can be so forceful. What does it take to whack your head against a tree repeatedly, hard enough to ...

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“…No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, / No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! — / November!” ("November," Thomas Hood, 1844) Taptaptapping ...