APNewsBreak: Protection sought for rare woodpecker
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Smokey Bear has done such a good job stomping out forest fires the past half-century that a woodpecker that's survived for millions of years by eating beetle larvae in burned trees is in danger of going extinct in parts of the West, according to conservationists seeking U.S. protection for the bird....