Bird experts are offering detailed guidance on identifying the hairy woodpecker, a widespread North American species often confused with the smaller downy woodpecker. Key distinctions include size, ...

Few sights feel as wild and lively as the rapid tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker at work on a tree trunk. For garden lovers who enjoy bird-watching from a patio or a window, these birds offer color, sound, ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove 21 species from the nation's endangered species list because they are considered extinct, but the much-debated ivory-billed woodpecker won a temporary ...

Some conservationists have held out hope for species like the ivory-billed woodpecker, which was last spotted in 1944. National Gallery of Art The ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species have ...