Every winter, like clockwork, the history of Groundhog Day comes alive as millions of people pause to see whether a groundhog can predict the weather. It’s a strange but beloved ritual: a tiny animal, ...

On February 2, 1887, Groundhog Day was officially celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a tradition that most of us are familiar with. on this day the ...

On Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, tradition holds that if the groundhog sticks his head out of his burrow and sees his shadow, we’ll have six more weeks of winter. But if the weather is cloudy, it means ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When German immigrants came to the United States, they brought a weather-predicting tradition with them. According to German lore, ...

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 ...

This story was updated to add new information. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, the group that organizes the annual winter spectacle and cares for Phil, brought him out of his den ...

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning in Pennsylvania, marking six more weeks of winter as he returns to his hole. The festivities took place on Gobbler's Knob - a small hill and stage about ...