PETA sent a letter to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s president, Tom Dunkel, asking if they can replace the animal with a ...

Groundhogs emerge from their burrows on Sunday to tell us if we can expect an early spring. Will they see their shadows? Here ...

Hey, Punxsutawney Phil, we sure need some of your levity right now. It’s so cold, Republicans switched their slogan to “Make ...

Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil might be the most known weather-predicting groundhog, but a new study is throwing shade on how much his predictions should be trusted. Phil did so poorly that ...

Groundhog Day – the annual tradition where a groggy rodent is yanked from its burrow to predict the weather – might be due for a makeover. At least, if PETA has anything to say about it. Their latest ...

Groundhog Day takes place every year in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where the resident groundhog makes his prediction on the remaining winter.

The origin of Groundhog Day in America traces to the fervent religious beliefs of German-speaking immigrants in the 1800s.

Will the groundhog see his or her shadow Sunday morning? Supposedly, if said animal — most famously Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania — is frightened by that shadow and heads back inside, we’ll have ...

Pennsylvania's own Punxsutawney Phil is a product of a storied tradition (and superstitions) that stretch back years and ...

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The countdown is on toward a day known to many throughout history as Candlemas Day, but which today is known best as ...