We Thought Was Instinct…But Not!
May 23, 2023 11:13AM CDT
An Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) storing nuts in the bark of a cedar tree at the Oak Glen Nature Conservancy, Oak Glen, California in the Fall of 2021. Getty Images
A type of bird called an ivory-billed woodpecker was thought to be extinct. But a group of researchers just spotted one on a wildlife camera they set up near a trail in Louisiana. The last confirmed sighting was way back in 1944.
