“Woodchuck” is simply a nickname for the groundhog; there is no separate species of animal called woodchuck. The alternate name is thought to have derived from the languages of North American ...

It's Groundhog Day, after all, and even if you don't believe that woodchucks can predict the weather, it's still fun to join in the celebration. In honor of the annual holiday, we've collected our ...

While it may seem random, there is some logic to turning to the groundhog for weather predictions. Like badgers, groundhogs, also known as woodchucks or whistlepigs, are considered "true hibernators." ...

This year was the 139th year in the history of the famous woodchuck doing so, also given the name Groundhog Day. This year, he had seen his shadow resulting in the prediction of a longer winter.

“Groundhog Day was super cold ... on then-Mayor Bloomberg’s hand on live television. In 2014, a female woodchuck named Charlotte who was filling the role of Chuck, even delivered an accurate ...

Members of Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, organized in 1899, care for Phil and his woodchuck family at a customized space beside Punxsutawney Memorial Library, where there’s a window with a view into ...

If Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil or Michigan's Woody the Woodchuck don't see their shadows Sunday morning, we could see an early spring. Since the 1800s, Groundhog Day has been observed on Feb. 2.

As spring approaches, the time draws near for everyone’s beloved woodchuck to predict whether there’ll be six more weeks of winter. Yes, Groundhog Day is on February 2, 2025. Since 1886, crowds as ...