While winter hibernation is widely known, summer hibernation (estivation) is just as fascinating and vital for survival in ...

The National Gallery of Art pairs art and science in a survey of some of the finest Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th century.

The Groundhog Day tradition that began with German settlers in Pennsylvania, based on a German custom involving a hedgehog seeing its shadow. Since there were no hedgehogs in America, German ...

Hedgehog Day? I thought it was Groundhog Day. No, it’s also an international hedgehog day. A groundhog or woodchuck is really a large, short-tailed squirrel. The name woodchuck derives from a ...

But it wasn't the groundhog at first, it was the hedgehog. After coming to America, German settlers in Pennsylvania continued ...

and his role was temporarily assumed by the museum’s resident hedgehog, Phoebe. The new Chuckles—Chuckles XI—will, says Buxton, be sworn in as Connecticut’s state official groundhog ...

and other German-speaking immigrants maintained the same tradition of Groundhog Day. But with the absence of hedgehogs in their new home, woodchucks were chosen instead.

When the German settlers came to the United States, in lieu of hedgehogs, they chose another hibernating animal: groundhogs. The club says Groundhog Day was mentioned in the local newspaper for ...

German settlers brought the tradition to Pennsylvania in the 19th century, swapping the hedgehog for the local groundhogs. The first community celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney was in 1886.

When they came to America, German settlers in Pennsylvania continued the tradition, but replaced hedgehogs with groundhogs. Buckeye Chuck, Ohio's prognosticating rodent, emerged from his slumber ...

“With the absence of hedgehogs in the United States, a similar hibernating animal was chosen.” A mention of Groundhog Day first appeared in a local Punxsutawney newspaper in 1886, and the ...