WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S.

Seeing some animals in real life can feel like a fairy tale. Tasha (@potgardeningwithtashaj) experienced this when she ...

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 ...

You never know what kind of wildlife you will see at the Six Mile Cypress Slough in Fort Myers. On this day, a Pileated Woodpecker was a highlight.

The bones of an ancient woodpecker have been unearthed in Argentina, shocking scientists around the world and marking the most complete fossil of its kind in South America. The woodpecker fossil, ...

At the very edges of urbanization, Northern Flicker woodpeckers live in dead palm trees raising their young. Their populations are on the decline throughout the state, especially South Florida. But ...

US LIVE FROM ROCKPORT RIGHT NOW. EMILY ED MARIA. THIS PESKY WOODPECKER IS THE NEIGHBOR. YOU JUST CAN’T STAND. AND WHILE HE MAY BE BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT, HE IS A MENACE UP HERE ON SQUAM HILL ROAD. HE’S ...

Not seen by scientists since the first specimen was described nearly a century ago, Kaempfer’s woodpecker (Celeus obrieni) was “rediscovered” in the mid-2000s. Listed as a vulnerable species, this ...

For reference, the average woodpecker hits its beak against a tree at an estimated 15 miles an hour, 20 times per second, about 12,000 times a day. According to physicists, for the bird, that is the ...

This is easily the most incredible photograph you'll see all day. A recent image captured by amateur U.K. photographer Martin Le-May shows a baby weasel riding on the back of a woodpecker in flight.