Punxsutawney Phil is adorable, but a woodchuck from New York has him beat for accuracy, according to NOAA weather data ...

Woody the Woodchuck, the state’s official groundhog who resides at the Howell Nature Center, began forecasting the weather in ...

Groundhog Day has been observed on Feb. 2. The longstanding tradition calls for groundhogs to tell us if spring is near.

Disclaimer: Groundhogs can’t predict the weather, nor is Phil whispering in the ear of the President of the Punxsutawney ...

It proposed, in part, that a woodchuck can be imported from farms or zoos located within the banned-states list if it is a replacement for an official Groundhog Day groundhog and “provided that ...

Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather at the annual Groundhog Day at Gobbler's Knob.

Gloria McGowan of Williamsport, Ind., center, watches the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil, the weather ...

German immigrants brought this belief to Pennsylvania, where they substituted a groundhog (or woodchuck) for the European hedgehog. Since then, Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous groundhog ...

The famous groundhog and his partner Phyllis welcomed two baby groundhogs -- also called pups, kits or cubs -- in March 2024, ...

Groundhog Day is Sunday, and if Punxsutawney Phil and Michigan's Woody the Woodchuck don't see their shadows, we could enjoy an early spring, the folk tale says. Since the 1800s, Groundhog Day has ...