Washington, D.C.’s Potomac Phil, a taxidermy “brother” of Punxsutawney Phil, predicted six more weeks of winter and six more months of political gridlock.

But perhaps "Taxidermy Phil" is more apt name for what was sprung on the crowd Thursday in Dupont Circle. At the District's first Groundhog Day celebration, the Potomac Forget Punxsutawney Phil.

Or perhaps “Taxidermy Phil” is more apt. At the city’s first Groundhog Day celebration Thursday morning, the supposed Potomac woodchuck stood strangely still. Turns out, it’s tough to find ...

Groundhog Day is all about getting a weather report from a groundhog (or something else). ... Three taxidermy weather-predicting groundhogs made the list.

MARION, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio’s official weather forecasting groundhog, Buckeye Chuck, poked out of his burrow this Groundhog Day after last year’s event organizers opted for a taxidermy groundhog.

Uni, the Dutch-speaking taxidermy groundhog, was brought out to Tulpehocken Creek in Myerstown Feb. 1 to give his call on whether there would be an additional six weeks of winter for 2025.