Whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow will forecast the weather, and the annual celebration is a boon for the whole ...

Gloria McGowan of Williamsport, Ind., center, watches the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil, the weather ...

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old," Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says.

Even though the Staten Island celebrity is the best animal prognosticator in the business, Chuck doesn’t let it go to his ...

“Shucked”: A Tony Award-winning musical comedy at Des Moines Civic Center, 221 Walnut St. Various showtimes Jan. 28-Feb. 2 ...

Cluxatawney Henrietta is prepping her feathers for another Groundhog Day forecast. Will she predict an early spring?

Massachusetts has its own groundhogs who divine the changing of the seasons, and one of them purportedly makes more accurate ...

Six more weeks of winter puts spring in the middle of March, where it should be, and leaves gardeners plenty of time to get pre-season work done.

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 ...

Groundhog Day is this Sunday, and I think most of my friends and neighbors don’t want Phil’s curse of six more weeks in the ...

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