The sexes are similar, but the male ladder-backed woodpecker has extensive red on the crown, which is lacking in the females. See the closely similar Nuttall’s woodpecker. The Gila also has ...

Docile in temperament, most tarantulas will tolerate gentle handling; they may bite, however, if provoked. Despite their ...

Today, there are an estimated 7,900 clusters ranging from Virginia to Texas. Over 1,800 red-cockaded woodpeckers are dwelling in East Texas, residing at the W.G. Jones and I.D. Fairchild State ...

Woodpeckers make their home on almost every continent. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes — from the massive pileated woodpecker to the cute compact downy woodpecker, they’re a family ...

At one point in the 1970s, the red-cockaded woodpecker population had dipped as low as 1,470 clusters—or groups of nests, wildlife officials said. Today, there are an estimated 7,800 clusters.