The red-cockaded woodpecker was recently downgraded from endangered to threatened, but that doesn't mean it's out of the woods. “Last month the red-cockaded woodpecker was listed as threatened,” said ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - After decades of conservation efforts, a southeastern U.S. bird is no longer considered endangered. The Department of Interior announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Biologists were surprised to hear recently that a once-rare woodpecker had been spotted in a forest west of Columbia for the first time in 50 years. But in checking things out, they verified that a ...

After decades of conservation efforts in South Carolina and elsewhere in the Southeast, the red-cockaded woodpecker is no longer listed as federally endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service downgraded the red-cockaded woodpecker from endangered to threatened on Oct. 24, 2024. (Renee Bodine/USFWS) (CN) — Federal wildlife officials removed the red-cockaded ...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, along with 22 other species of birds, fish, mussels and other wildlife, is set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered species list, US wildlife officials ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove 21 species from the nation's endangered species list because they are considered extinct, but the much-debated ivory-billed woodpecker won a temporary ...

A woodpecker parent leans into the tree cavity to feed its chick, displaying the close bond between generations. The vivid ...

Maryland is famous for its abundance of blue crabs, but birdwatchers would be delighted to know that this historical state is also home to 7 species of woodpeckers. The number may not be as impressive ...

BILLINGS, Mont. - Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct. It’s a ...