If you see a very agile, active little bird hopping down a tree trunk headfirst, or hanging upside down, it is probably a nuthatch; maybe a red-breasted or a white-breasted nuthatch. I’ve always ...

The white-breasted nuthatch is often observed walking and probing head-down on the trunks of large conifers in mature wooded areas. The first impression is a small bird with a very white head and ...

Last Tuesday afternoon as I stared out the kitchen window, the birds that were feasting at the feeders and on the ground below had me mesmerized. I expected cardinals but didn’t see even one – not a ...

The nuthatch is a true acrobat among birds — it is the only bird in Europe that can climb down tree trunks upside down. But its impressive abilities go far beyond that. PETBOOK has compiled some ...

Jill Danielsen, program coordinator and naturalist at Quarry Hill Nature Center, holds a red-breasted nuthatch bird before the banding it. Danielsen led a bird banding program at the nature center ...

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It's that little bird that often climbs down the trunk of the tree head first. The only bird that is able to do so, it is the nuthatch's foot structure that makes this behavior possible. It has two ...

One of the rarest birds in the western hemisphere, the Bahama Nuthatch, has been rediscovered by research teams searching the island of Grand Bahama. The finding is particularly significant because ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Six ...

A rare species of bird that was thought to be extinct has been rediscovered by University of East Anglia students. The Bahama nuthatch has been found alive and well on the island of Grand Bahama in ...