“Groundhogs hibernate,” said Blumstein. “So weather and climate is really important for groundhogs. The timing of their seasonal events, when they go into hibernation and when they come out ...

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.

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

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.

Like badgers, groundhogs, also known as woodchucks or whistlepigs, are considered "true hibernators." When they emerge from hibernation, it means winter is almost over. In winter months ...

Groundhogs eat during mid-afternoon. Groundhogs hibernate from October to February. If you are growing any of these ...

But they don't just wreak havoc aboveground. Groundhogs are burrowers by nature. They live, breed, and hibernate underground. But before they can do that, they have to dig, and dig, and dig ...

Get yourself to Gobbler’s Knob and prepare to meet Punxsutawney Phil – it’s time for Groundhog Day 2025. If you don’t know what any of that means, have no fear. There’s absolutely no real reason why ...

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

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

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.