The groundhog is a member of the squirrel family and related to chipmunks and prairie dogs. It’s also known as a woodchuck, a whistle pig — or in the parlance of Pennsylvania Dutch, a language with ...

Groundhog Day falls on Feb. 2, the midpoint between the shortest, darkest day of the year on the winter solstice and the ...

Pennsylvania's famous woodchuck, Punxsutawney Phil, has emerged from his burrow on Groundhog Day to forecast the dawn of spring.

George Morar, of Youngstown, Ohio., celebrates while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, to come out and make his prediction during the 140th celebration of Groundhog ...

Punxsutawney Phil is said to be predicting six more weeks of wintry weather after he saw his shadow on Monday. The groundhog’s annual prediction was translated by his handlers at Gobbler’s Knob in ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued the most highly anticipated weather forecast of the season: six more ...