A woodpecker is wreaking havoc in Rockport, smashing car windows and mirrors: ‘This thing is huge’ An overzealous pileated woodpecker has broken about 20 car mirrors and one windshield in the ...

More than 20 vehicles in a town on Cape Ann, Mass., have been damaged by a woodpecker in mating season. “You still see him out here,” one resident said. “Peck, peck, peck, peck.” ...

A broken car mirror left by the woodpecker. Janelle Favaloro “I was like, ‘Oh, I’m in trouble.’ It was staring me right in the eyes for a solid 30 seconds.

They're tiny, scientists say A woodpecker's brain takes a big hit with every peck against a tree. Yet the animals don't get brain damage. A team of scientists says the reason is the brain's very ...

Federal wildlife officials said Monday they are delaying a long-awaited decision to declare the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct, months after grainy photos and videos emerged that purported to ...

A woodpecker's beak is a multi-purpose tool that it relies on daily — tapping out its morse code messages, searching for food or digging out cavities for a nesting hole. As it turns out, a lot ...

A case in point is Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city. Once the Mtopanga River was over five metres wide as it flowed under the road at Bamburi, a busy town on the city’s outskirts.

MOMBASA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Heavy rains pounded the streets of Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, with some passengers evacuated from a flooded bus by holding on to a rope amid chest-high water.

People thought it was an April Fool's Day joke when a neighbor posted on Facebook about a vandal bird breaking car mirrors. Now, the Squam Hill neighborhood is dotted with broken glass.

The woodpecker's mating season is said to last until June, and Favaloro has a message for her neighborhood menace. "This is not really the best way to attract a mate," she teases. "I don't think ...

Federal wildlife officials said Monday they are delaying a long-awaited decision to declare the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct, months after grainy photos and videos emerged that purported to ...