Black woodpeckers in Poland are elusive and have rarely been filmed. A pair of these large, imposing birds make a home in a beech tree, where they feed their hungry chicks. - [Narrator] In the ...

Our hearts racing, we lifted our binoculars to admire a bird that was not only incredibly handsome, but a key to bringing this burned forest back to life: the black-backed woodpecker. The black ...

Pyrodiversity involves the interactions of fire, biodiversity and ecosystem. It turns out that woodpeckers are useful for more than using their beaks like jackhammers. The habitat preferences of ...

Numerous animals—including several species of woodpeckers, such as the black-backed and the red-cockaded—can’t survive without the fires that create perfect habitat for them. For red ...

As a collective notion, woodpeckers are one of the more familiar bird families. The general idea is clear enough: medium-sized, black-and-white birds with red highlights that use their beaks to ...

This photo shows a black woodpecker spotted in May 2021 on Mt. Moriyoshi in Akita Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of the Honshu black woodpecker research group)(Kyodo) AKITA (Kyodo) -- A threatened ...

The back and dorsal wing surfaces of red-bellied, golden-fronted and ladder-backed woodpeckers have a laterally-striped, black-and-white, zebra-like color pattern providing excellent camouflage ...

Affectionately called downies, these woodpeckers might easily be mistaken for a nuthatch clinging acrobatically to the side of a feeder, or a peppy chickadee, with its bold black-and-white coloring.

Pileated woodpeckers are big, bold and beautiful, sporting a flaming red crest, black wings and tail, expansive white ...

That woodpecker is looking at 30 years to life right now, I think.” Experts suggested the black-and-white woodpecker’s destructive behavior is linked to the territorial crow-sized male bird ...

I'm describing him as 18 to 24 inches tall, wearing black and white with a red hat," Favaloro said on NBC's "TODAY" show. She said the woodpecker is responsible for damaging at least 25 vehicles.