Here’s how it works. Groundhogs (Marmota monax), also called woodchucks, are large rodents. They are also one of the 14 species of marmot, or ground squirrels. In fact, they are the largest ...

Groundhogs, often called woodchucks, earth pigs, and whistle pigs are the largest members of the squirrel family. These ...

But don't blame the groundhogs: Research indicates they emerge in February not to see their shadow, but to, well, get frisky. If you didn't know that about the large squirrel, which is the most ...

The woodchuck, a.k.a. groundhog, whistle pig (because of that ... Woodchucks are essentially a giant ground squirrel. They belong to the squirrel family (Sciuridae) within the order Rodentia ...

In addition to the groundhog the clan includes “our gray squirrel and our fox squirrel and the chipmunk,” said Swartz. The floor plans of the groundhog den “usually have a separate winter ar ...

This groundhog tradition is thought to have originated ... For 10 years, people in Brevard, North Carolina, have turned to a white squirrel for their weather prognostication.

Daniel Blumstein is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA who studies marmots, the group of 15 species of large ground squirrels that includes groundhogs. His department always ...

But the groundhog is just one of numerous animals ... “One example is planting corn when oak leaves are the size of a squirrel’s ear,” notes an article on phenology from the University ...