In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. In the real world, they’re slow.

If your ash tree’s canopy is thinning, bark is flaking off in patches, or woodpeckers are suddenly interested in your trunk, ...

As housing developments begin to push deeper into Boiling Spring Lakes forests, developers risk colliding with the federally ...

Woodpeckers also may find a knot hole in wood siding and think it looks like a great place to start excavating for a nest. Or ...

While hearing woodpeckers do their thing can get a little tiresome, the birds are actually great to have around. Here's how ...

The most likely explanation for the holes in this tree is that it is home for a family of woodpeckers. The two larger holes could be the main floor of the structure.

After we cut down aging trees in our Guilderland yard, a northern flicker tried to build a shelter in the trim of our home.

True to their exceptional nature, woodpeckers' remarkable comeback gives us a glimpse into the potential for ecological recovery, a nudge to remind us that when woodlands return, their wild ...

Acorn woodpeckers love to collect acorns and “tattoo” them into the holes they create in trees. Placing these acorns into trees helps this food last throughout the winter. But acorn ...

Fielding Questions: Tree holes? Chances are, it’s nature’s carpenters wreaking havoc The sapsucker woodpecker is causing problems in the region, plus other reader inquiries about ash trees ...

A bird photographer in Michigan has captured dramatic footage of the moment a red-headed woodpecker found a starling in its tree trunk nest and evicted it by yanking it out.

Rows of small, round holes in vertical lines in wooden structures like siding, tree trunks, or fences, are likely caused by woodpeckers. The holes are typically about the size of a quarter.