The findings could help scientists learn more about how social behaviors evolved in other animals Abigail Eisenstadt Male acorn woodpeckers, like the one on the left, have more offspring over their ...

Acorn woodpeckers are one of our most common woodpeckers in Sonoma County, and they are known to cache (or store) acorns in places like chimneys and vent pipes of homes, especially when their natural ...

A new long-term study led by Sahas Barve, a Peter Buck Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, finds that male acorn woodpeckers breeding polygamously in duos or trios of males ...

When acorn woodpeckers inhabiting high-quality territories die, nearby birds begin a battle royal to win the vacant spot. Researchers used radio tags to understand the immense effort woodpecker ...

Ithaca, NY--Acorn Woodpeckers live in close-knit family groups and have one of the most complex breeding systems of any bird in the world. In about 20 percent of family groups, up to 3 related females ...

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Cinematographer Mark Carroll takes us up in a crane to show us how he was able to capture feeding and caching behavior at the Acorn Woodpecker’s eyeview at the Hastings Natural History preserve in ...

A new long-term study led by Sahas Barve, a Peter Buck Fellow at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, finds that male acorn woodpeckers breeding polygamously in duos or trios of males ...

In some acorn woodpecker family groups, related females lay eggs in the same nest and raise the chicks cooperatively with one or more related males. Acorn Woodpeckers live in close-knit family groups ...