Silicon Valley-headquartered Operant AI has launched Woodpecker, an open-source, automated red teaming engine, that will make advanced security testing accessible to organizations of all sizes.

Why would a woodpecker peck something other than wood? And what would you do with a woodpecker whose pecking is perturbing, perplexing and property-damaging? It's not a "Woody Woodpecker" episode.

I’m in a drum-off with a woodpecker. Several weeks ago while working with my window open in my second story home office, I heard what sounded like Will Ferrell on cowbell sped up by a factor of ...

Now, they’re slinging trash bags and towels over the side mirrors of their cars to protect them from a destructive and determined pileated woodpecker. Over the last few weeks, the bird has ...

Now, they are slinging trash bags and towels over the side mirrors of their vehicles to protect them from a destructive and determined pileated woodpecker. Over the past few weeks, the bird has broken ...

Massachusetts is home to a lot of woodpeckers, and apparently, some are more destructive than others. The Associated Press reports that one bird is wreaking havoc on vehicles in a sleepy seaside town.

Ben Favaloro poses next to a replacement sideview mirror on his pick-up truck, after the original was broken by a rogue woodpecker earlier in the month (Copyright ...

Day after day, a pileated woodpecker has been smashing the side view mirrors on cars throughout the neighborhood. A rough count is about 20 mirrors, based on interviews with neighbors, but it’s ...

Oh, and he’s about two feathery feet tall. That’s right, he’s a bird—specifically, a woodpecker in heat. The call of the wild can lead to hostile and, sometimes, destructive actions by the ...