Researchers studied the combination of muscles and breaths that the tiny birds use as they strike trees with their beaks ...

A new study reveals how woodpeckers brace nearly their entire body - head, neck, and abdomen- so the bird becomes, ...

Woodpeckers pack a punch, pounding wood with extreme force and experiencing decelerations of up to 400g. Now, researchers ...

Muscles are key for woodpeckers as they turn their bodies into a hammer when drilling. In Journal of Experimental Biology, researchers reveal that the birds’ head, neck, abdomen and tail muscles brace ...

The platysma muscle is found at the front of the neck, under the chin. Platysma banding is known as a "turkey neck,” and many people seek cosmetic surgical procedures, such as a neck lift, to reduce ...

It appears that patients with tension-type headache (TTH) have relatively weak neck extension muscles, a new study shows. Researchers found that these patients are 26% weaker than controls with ...

Woodpeckers pack a punch, pounding wood with extreme force and experiencing decelerations of up to 400g. Now, researchers reveal in the Journal of Experimental Biology that drilling woodpeckers turn t ...