“The forecast for next week will be warmer than it has been for most of January,” said Alsheimer. “In general, we'll have highs during the week somewhere between 70 and 75. And the low temperatures ...

Any self-preserving groundhog would refuse to come out of hibernation just to check to see whether the sun was shining. Like many other ground squirrels, groundhogs go into a deep and long sleep, ...

Groundhog Day is all about getting a weather report from a groundhog (or something else). Here's how accurate those prognosticators are according to NOAA.

Punxsutawney Phil made his annual prediction in Pennsylvania on Sunday as America's most famous groundhog saw a shadow, meaning the United States is set for six more weeks of winter.

PETA is pitching an edible alternative to Punxsutawney Phil predicting the weather this upcoming Groundhog Day: A cake that ...

Punxsutawney Phil isn't the only weather-predicting groundhog that enjoys a day of public spotlight. In New York, a ground-dweller by the name of Staten Island Chuck has made his call: spring is ...

Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, but celebrating the midpoint between the shortest and darkest day of the year and the spring ...

"These groundhogs — along with a tortoise, whose emergence from his winter brumation (hibernation for reptiles) foretells the coming of Spring, and a Prairie dog statue, whose shadow at sunrise ...

Staten Island Chuck, the Staten Island Zoo’s famous groundhog, will take part in his annual Groundhog Day ceremony. The free event is open to the public on Sunday, Feb. 2, with gates opening at 7:30 a ...

Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil may be the most famous weather-forecasting groundhog, thanks to additional publicity from ...

The answer is in his name. The groundhog is known as Punxsutawney Phil, because the town where the Groundhog Day tradition ...

Wild groundhogs often die before age 5, killed by fast cars, violent predators or invasive worms that can live in their brain. The luckiest ones hunker down to hibernate and die in their sleep.