defense Watch a woodpecker defend itself with its long sticky tongue Rusty Blazenhoff

Delightful Creatures California's vanished sunflower sea stars are not totally vanished Jason Weisberger

fun Camera-equipped bird feeders capture all kinds of non-avian critters enjoying snacks! Jennifer Sandlin

Science Amorous woodpecker terrorizes Massachusetts town Gail Sherman

love For Valentine's Day, save $188 and get your loved one this instead Jennifer Sandlin

books RIP Tom Robbins, author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" Ellsworth Toohey

Delightful Creatures Watch a wacky and wonderful woodpecker tongue in action! Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment New network for classic cartoons is coming: MeTV Toons Ruben Bolling

animal friends Opossum rescued from decorative jar wants you to check the items in your yard Jennifer Sandlin

Science Ivory-billed woodpecker, thought to be extinct, turns up in Louisiana Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Get a closer look with these double barrel digital binoculars for only $129.99 Boing Boing's Shop

homes 700 pounds of acorns found in California home (video) David Pescovitz

Comics This new Popeye manga looks incredible Devin Nealy

Delightful Creatures Watch: A wild woodpecker lands on a woman and pecks the hell out of her phone Carla Sinclair

Comics Why wasn't Donald Duck in the original DuckTales? Devin Nealy

Delightful Creatures Ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species declared extinct Rob Beschizza

animation The Pointer Sisters sang Sesame Street's funky pinball counting song Rusty Blazenhoff

Funny Watch woodpecker happily destroy wildlife camera disguised as tree bark David Pescovitz

music Woodpecker, perhaps tired of being ignored, shows plastic slide who's boss Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Man offers lifeline to fox trapped in a pit Mark Frauenfelder