Tag: woodpecker

Species like the black-backed woodpecker historically have relied on landscapes shaped by high-intensity forest fires, but researchers recently found the intense megafires that now burn across California and the West...

Pileated woodpeckers (Hylatomus pileatus) may be losing standing dead trees and other important resources due to development, but as long as tree cover remains above a certain threshold, they can...

Most birds are sensitive to near ultraviolet wavelengths and the level of UV reflectance has been shown to influence mate selection and foraging preferences in birds. Could that sensitivity be...

A woodpecker’s head takes a lot of pounding. In its lifetime, a woodpecker may peck wood over 50 million times at a force of about 1,200 to 1,400 Gs —...