While gophers and groundhogs are often mistaken for one another, there are key differences in their size, appearance, ...

But a glance through my binoculars revealed that the “mushroom” was something altogether different. The squirrel had a woodchuck (groundhog, to some) skull in its jaws! Nature:Rare to Ohio, Anna's ...

The groundhog, Marmota monax, is a stout rodent related to squirrels and marmots. It has short ears and a short tail. Its front feet have long, curved claws that are good for digging the complex ...

They're actually the largest species in the squirrel family, and they are equally ubiquitous. You can find groundhogs all over the central and eastern US. In Arkansas, for example, there's an ...