Cats' Funny Encounter with Groundhog Has Everyone Hoping for an Early Spring. Story by Natalie Hoage • 1w. C ats are naturally curious creatures who love exploring and hunting in the great outdoors.

Groundhog Day may be one of the weirder American holidays. How did it come to be? Here is the origin story of Punxsutawney Phil and his predictions.

The groundhog is now an honorary seasonal employee of Ace Hardware — the official yard care sponsor of Groundhog Day 2025 — and is focused on helping customers with year-round yard care solutions.

Groundhogs, also known as woodchunks, are "stout cat-sized rodents belonging to the group of large ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae," according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old," Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says.

The legend behind Punxsutawney Phil 02:33. The spotlight is on Gobbler's Knob in western Pennsylvania on Sunday, where handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce whether he saw ...

Some are more accurate than others. Not all groundhogs had equal forecasting powers. Punxsutawney Phil’s predictions were correct 52 times out of 100, while three mascots—Essex Ed from Essex ...