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

The handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil at Gobbler's Knob in western Pennsylvania announced that he saw his own shadow Monday morning, thereby predicting six more weeks of winter and not ...

The humble groundhog -- sometimes called a woodchuck or whistle-pig -- is a large rodent that belongs to the same family as the squirrel.

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No matter the name – and it goes by many – the groundhog can be a real nuisance for farmers and home gardeners. “The main conflict that people have with groundhogs eating things tends to be in ...