That's the date of the vernal equinox, when both hemispheres of the Earth receive the same amount of daylight, according to ...

The first Groundhog Day was celebrated on Feb. 2, 1887, at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney. The holiday has roots in a few different religions, but it took a similar message from each of them.

Punxsutawney Phil is back at it again celebrating Groundhog Day with thousands in Pennsylvania on Sunday. So six more weeks of winter or early spring?

The history of this day has heavily intrigued me because the more I think about this holiday, the less I understand it. Groundhog.org’s homepage tells us that in 1886, the Punxsutawney newspaper made ...