Groundhog Day highlights: Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter

Tens of thousands of people are gathering for Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog that lives in a tree stump, to predict if the ...
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Why do groundhogs emerge on February 2 if it’s not to predict the weather?

(The Conversation) – According to legend, if the groundhog sees his shadow on February 2nd, there will be six more weeks of winter; if not, an early spring is predicted. Of course groundhogs – also ...
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Groundhogs are lousy forecasters but valuable animal engineers – and an important food source

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...