Ivory-billed woodpeckers make a unique double-knock noise when pecking at trees, and this sound may be a crucial aid to identifying any surviving birds. A recent recording may have captured this ...

Far from being destroyed, a naturally burned forest harbors extraordinarily rich biological diversity, and there's no better flagship species to help us embrace that than the black-backed woodpecker.

By: Susan Andrews   Snow Storm Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter “Winter is come in earnest and the snow In dazzling splendour – crumpling underfoot Spreads a white world ...