WOODPECKERS have unique habits that place them into a category of avian critters who conduct their life and food gathering abilities in similar fashion. Scientists place them in the family named ...

In Big Thicket National Preserve’s converging ecosystems, NPCA is helping to restore the red-cockaded woodpecker and the longleaf pine forests they call home. Big Thicket National Preserve in ...

It's been a few years since we had a February that was colder than the preceding January. The second month of 2015 outdid the first with a lower temperature by several degrees. Continuing this trend ...

BRINKLEY, Ark. — For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen. Some ...

The brain of a woodpecker experiences a seemingly catastrophic impact every time beak meets wood. "When you see these birds in action, hitting their head against a tree quite violently, then as humans ...