Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. woodpecker Woodpeckers are notorious for pecking – or drumming – away at trees in search of food, a mate, and when nesting. But ...

Woodpeckers can strike tree trunks thousands of times a day without suffering the brain injuries that humans might expect.

A persistent claim circulated online that woodpeckers avoid concussions from pecking because their long tongues wrap around their skulls, protecting their brains. It's true that some scientists in the ...

Because these little birds can be a big nuisance. Even if you're an avid bird lover, a woodpecker pecking on your home is not exactly an ideal situation. Woodpeckers will peck on homes in search of ...

A woodpecker's brain takes a big hit with every peck, but these birds don't experience brain damage. And NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a team of scientists who think they have figured out why. JON ...

As spring progresses, you may hear that ever-familiar sound: peck, peck, peck. While fun for bird watchers, woodpeckers can quickly become a nuisance when their beak’s target is the side of your home.

Even if you’re not the most avid birdwatcher, you could probably identify a woodpecker—especially if you saw one on or in a tree. If nothing else, you’d recognize their pointy, drill-like beak that ...

Scientists had long wondered how woodpeckers can repeatedly pound their beaks against tree trunks without doing damage to their brains. This led to the notion that their skulls must act like ...

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