Why are groundhogs called “whistle pigs”? One TikToker found out firsthand, after investigating a mysterious noise during a hike. “I heard some kind of emergency whistle on my hike,” he captioned the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Harvey Webster, affable museum ambassador and chief wildlife officer at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, says Steve Gibson is a whistle-pig whisperer. Gibson, wildlife ...

In this article, we typically answer your gardening questions. However, I won’t even pretend that this installment sprang from one of your questions. Instead, it is the result of my getting curious ...

I wish we had more groundhogs. Back in the day, and I am talking 40 years ago or more, we had lots (and I mean lots) of groundhogs, whistle pigs, woodchucks (this is probably a Native American ...

It's almost time for Ohioans to place their faith into a live rodent to determine the weather forecast for the remainder of winter. Ohio's weather-predicting whistle pig Buckeye Chuck will emerge from ...

Unbelievable. Groundhog Day is almost here. We will be halfway to spring ... or will we? Although Wildwoods rescues many orphaned groundhogs each year, we have no resident groundhogs at this time, so ...

The groundhog – woodchuck, whistle pig or whatever you call this furry critter – has an interesting life. Beyond forecasting the end of winter in Punxsutawney every Feb. 2, groundhogs are known for ...

It was Groundhog Day, and I had a lot riding on these little guys’ predictions. The pipes in my shower had been frozen for two days, and I could really use some warmer weather — and a shower. So I ...