The groundhog (marmota monax), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. Jan 16, 2026groundhog, (marmota monax), one of 14 species of marmots (marmota), considered basically a giant north american ground squirrel. 1 day agoas groundhog day creeps ever closer, people in the united states look to famed groundhog punxsutawney phil to forecast the weather for the spring.
6 hours agogroundhog day falls on feb. 2, the midpoint between the shortest, darkest day of the year on the winter solstice and the spring equinox. 8 hours agopunxsutawney phil, the groundhog weather icon, made his prediction on monday morning.
The groundhog, or woodchuck, is one of 14 species of marmots, a subgroup of the squirrel family. 11 hours agotens of thousands of people are gathering for punxsutawney phil, a groundhog that lives in a tree stump, to predict if the already long and cold winter across much of the united states will go. 8 hours agothe spotlight returned to gobbler’s knob in western pennsylvania, when handlers of a groundhog named punxsutawney phil said he predicted six more weeks of winter — not an early.
2 they go by several different names groundhog, woodchuck, whistle pig, and land beaver all refer to the same species. 1 day agohere is everything to know about the prophetic rodent and the day dedicated to his winter forecast: Groundhog day is always on feb.