one never-seen creature presumed to be a groundhog, a prairie dog statue and a tortoise. NOAA used data from its National Centers for Environmental Information, which maintains an archive of ocean ...

Groundhogs belong to the Sciuridae family, rodents that include chipmunks (another pest), prairie dogs, and squirrels. Gophers, on the other hand, are members of the Geomyidae family. Pocket mice ...

The groundhog is a member of the squirrel family and related to chipmunks and prairie dogs. It’s also known as a woodchuck, a whistle pig — or in the parlance of Pennsylvania Dutch, a language with ...

Groundhog Day mascots from across the country were judged not on their cuteness, but on their accuracy. NOAA ranked 19 mascots – including a prairie dog and tortoise – on how accurately they ...

"These groundhogs — along with a tortoise, whose emergence from his winter brumation (hibernation for reptiles) foretells the coming of Spring, and a Prairie dog statue, whose shadow at sunrise ...

Chipmunks along with groundhogs (also known as woodchucks), marmots, and prairie dogs are all considered ground dwelling squirrels. Take a moment to appreciate our squirrel-related collections images ...