The Mini-Me bulldozers whose engines drown out the first bird songs of spring are called “Bobcats.” But on this Feb. 2, I rise to argue that “Groundhog” is a better name for a vehicle designed and ...

Groundhog Day is Feb. 2 every year. It's a tradition that derives from a superstition that if the weather is sunny and a groundhog emerges from its den to see its shadow, it will return to its burrow ...

The groundhog is Southeast Missouri's largest native rodent. Also going by the names woodchuck and whistle-pig, it is a distant relative of the squirrel. Groundhogs are common throughout most of North ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA - FEBRUARY 2: Groundhog handler AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil after he did not see his shadow predicting an early Spring during the 138th annual Groundhog Day festivities on ...