DEAR JOAN: We enjoy our backyard “wildlife” — hummingbirds, squirrels, alligator lizards and more. We have a birdhouse for small birds, finches and the like, above our deck. The other day we noticed ...

The woodpecker finches of the Galpagos Islands show no sign of learning their considerable tool-using skill by copying each other. The finches poke twigs or cactus spines into crevices to dig out ...

The Woodpecker finch, one of 14 Darwin's finches of the Galapagos Islands, uses twigs or cactus spines to pry insects and spiders out of tree-holes. The advantage of using tools may seem evident, but ...

Birds have long defied the slur “bird brain.” With their well-developed brains — 6 to 11 times larger than those of like-sized reptiles — birds are capable of learning and mastering complex social ...

This log feeder is holding a high fat and protein hot pepper suet cylinder which offers nutrition that woodpeckers and other birds will seek out. In this video, it is attracting a male Downy ...