Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest ground squirrel in its range, groundhogs like Phil are found throughout the midwestern United States, most of Canada ...

Monday is Groundhog Day — the day everyone sick of the cold, dreary winter rests all their hopes for sunny days and warmth on whether a large rodent sees its shadow. Whether you call them groundhogs, ...

Whether you call him groundhog, woodchuck, whistle-pig or use the full genus and species name, Marmota monax, the nation's premier animal weather forecaster has been making headlines as Punxsutawney ...

Marmots, including all the actors who have played Phil over the years, are the largest “true” hibernators: animals that enter a torpor that reduces their biological functions to a level closer to dead ...