The Germans eventually began to believe that if the sun made an appearance on Candlemas Day, a hedgehog would cast a shadow — ...

The Staten Island Advance/SILive.com will be on hand to cover the prediction and will broadcast the ceremony live from our Facebook page.

Overall, not surprisingly, folks wanting an early spring better head south, which is already seeing springlike signs.

Spring officially starts March 20, but depending on whether or not a groundhog sees its shadow, it’s believed to foretell how ...

Today is the day! The nation's most famous groundhog will officially reveal the answer to our burning question - is more winter on the way?

Punxsutawney Phil - an actual groundhog and proclaimed "weather predictor extraordinaire" - will be placed on a stage (tree stump) as a crowd waits to see if he will look at his own shadow or not.

Punxsutawney Phil's team of top-hatted associates will issue the woodchuck's weather verdict as the sun rises on Sunday, telling the world whether he is predicting wintry conditions for the next six ...