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 tradition to forecast the end of winter with them — but there was ...

Rosie the Groundhog (left in an archived photo) will be replaced by Quilliam, the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery's new hedgehog. Rosie died in October. Quilliam photo: submitted. Rosie the Groundhog ...

Spike emerges from her soft, blue blanket with a little coaxing. Weighing in around 1 pound, the African pygmy hedgehog doesn’t look intimidating even if she is covered in quills that can go from soft ...

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, located at 2600 DeWeese Pkwy. in Dayton, hosted its annual Hedgehog Day on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. National Hedgehog Day is a Roman tradition preceding the modern ...

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 Native ...

We've all heard about a little groundhog that can (maybe) predict the coming of spring with just his shadow. And while Groundhog Day is a uniquely American tradition, but its roots come from across ...