Van Isle Violet has, in Groundhog Day terms, “seen her shadow” for three consecutive years, accurately predicting six or more weeks of wintry weather on the island. So, will this marmot prophet make ...

Those who gathered around the bandstand in the Hope town square saw Hope, nicknamed the "Miracle Marmot," make her prediction ...

Van Isle Violet has, in Groundhog Day terms, “seen her shadow” for three consecutive years, accurately predicting six or more weeks of wintry weather on the island. So, will this marmot ...

nicknamed the "Miracle Marmot," make her prediction on Sunday. Like Phil, Hope saw her shadow and also predicts six more weeks of wintery weather. There are actually 82 groundhog prognosticators ...

Groundhogs and marmots are members of the squirrel family. Both species have stout bodies, big front teeth, brown fur and large, bushy tails. So how to identify a yellow-bellied marmot?

With the start of February, we turned to our favorite critters for an update. Here's what Punxsutawney Phil and Hope, Indiana ...

“We want your groundhog,” they told a stunned McNamara ... So yet another hollow Feb. 2nd will pass in Milltown without the glory of a marmot’s meteorological prophecy.

Flatron Freddy — a top-hat-wearing, stuffed marmot and "seer of seers" — saw ... wife welcome two babies Flatiron Freddy became a Groundhog Day weather prognosticator more than a decade ...

In the early 2010s, Flatiron Freddy existed peacefully as a deceased, stuffed yellow-bellied marmot – a close relative to the groundhog – in Boulder’s Flagstaff Nature Center, but one winter ...

Americans will recognize one of the quirkiest dates on the calendar: Groundhog Day, Sunday, Feb. 2, when the forecast for winter rests with a famous marmot. The lovable and much ballyhooed ...