Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is stepping in to defend Punxsutawney Phil after PETA called to replace the beloved animal—and Groundhog Day icon—with a vegan cake. Last week, the group wrote ...

Freddy is only around 12 years old as a Groundhog Day mascot, which disqualified him from the NOAA ranking. All of the mascots who made the list have been prognosticating for at least 20 years ...

Boulder’s version of Punxsutawney Phil, a stuffed marmot named Flatiron Freddy, was left off of a national list of the most accurate Groundhog Day mascots.