“Shubenacadie Sam,” also known as Sammy, resides in Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in Nova Scotia, Canada. Sammy is the first ...

On Feb. 2, 2014, the Staten Island Zoo hosted its annual Groundhog Day celebration, which took an unexpected turn.

Animal-welfare activists are asking local officials to stop using the animals at their Groundhog Day events. Officials are ...

They stay in their burrows until late March or early April, when they can find insects, plants, fruits and vegetables and occasional snacks of bird eggs. In Minnesota, groundhogs are known as ...

In a time of climate anxiety, political unpredictability, and technological change, Groundhog Day isn't silly. It's grounding ...

In Westchester, a chicken named Cluxatawney Henrietta successfully predicted early springs in 2023 and 2024. Will it happen ...

Likewise, some of the country's famous groundhogs, Punxatawney Phil and New York's own Staten Island Chuck, also predicted early springs in 2024. In 2023 however, the groundhog caucus differed ...

If the badger emerged from its den and found a sunny day and cast a shadow, there would be four more weeks of winter. If ...