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, ...

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

And in eastern and central Pennsylvania, where people of German descent have been watching the groundhog's annual emergence from hibernation for centuries, there's a tradition of groundhog clubs ...

And in eastern and central Pennsylvania, where people of German descent have been watching the groundhog's annual emergence from hibernation for centuries, there's a tradition of groundhog clubs and ...

Every winter, some animals disappear into a deep sleep, surviving the freezing temperatures in hibernation. From bears and ...

Frank Alsheimer, science and operations officer at the National Weather Service in Columbia, SC., said there are a few issues with a groundhog predicting the weather forecast. “First of all, in ...

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.

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.