As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain trauma from all that drumming? So, I looked it up. Once again, nature has ...

The common open-country woodpecker of eastern Mexico and northern Central America. It crosses the border mainly in southern Texas, where it is very common, noisy, and conspicuous. Similar in ...

America’s most common woodpecker is also its smallest. The boldly marked Downy Woodpecker is a familiar little bird of forests, woodlands, and backyards across North America. The Downy Woodpecker is a ...

With its iridescent green-black plumage and rosy belly, this unusual woodpecker often catches insects mid-air like a flycatcher. Lewis's Woodpecker stands out with its unique coloration. The bird has ...

or Bluesky (@Bowmanoutside). DALE’S MAILBAG “The wife and I spotted two pileated woodpeckers, along the Sag Valley Trail (Yellow Trail) near Swallow Cliffs [on Jan. 25]. . . . They were in the ...

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Among the other fields of neuroscience are neuroanatomy, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and neurogenetics (the study of the nervous system’s genetic basis). Neuroscientists in each field ...