What is Groundhog Day and why do we continue to honor this tradition every February? Maybe because it’s a great reason for a ...

We catch up with gardener Jeff Permar, who caught an opportunistic groundhog stealing his vegetables and turned him into an internet sensation.

Groundhogs like grassy open areas because they don't have big obstacles like tree roots and giant rocks. So that pretty little garden or that freshly mowed lawn, that is a free-for-all for groundhogs.

And it always seemed to me that in the garden, the same approach usually makes the most sense. As Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day, we’re supposed to hope for a cloudy day so Mr. Punxsutawney Phil doesn ...

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

A wildlife expert and a meteorologist weigh in on Punxsutawney Phil’s weather-forecasting abilities—though he is on the money ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- Here's a look at Groundhog Day, an American tradition that is meant to predict when spring will arrive.

Weather watchers need not fret, there’s hope despite Punxsutawney Phil’s depressing prediction of six more weeks of winter. Grover the Groundhog, Schuylkill County’s venerable prognosticator, failed ...

Punxsutawney Phil isn't the only weather-predicting groundhog that enjoys a day of spotlight. In New York, Staten Island Chuck has made his call.

Not a single groundhog, even a domestic one, can be imported from a list of 36 states known to have rabies strains not currently present in the Garden State. And no one can import a groundhog ...