Underappreciated and far less seen than most Minnesota mammals, pocket gophers are nevertheless abundant wherever their ...
Redshirt senior Ethan Garbers throws the ball in the pocket. The quarterback – who ... After an incomplete pass, the Golden Gophers were forced to punt. Minnesota advanced to UCLA’s 25-yard ...
Homeowners frequently confuse moles with pocket gophers or voles ... They frequently burrow along fence lines and beside different structures, leaving soft soil, large dirt mounds, and dead ...
In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated local ecosystems, but an experimental introduction of gophers has ...
Never underestimate what a single gopher can achieve in a day: one of the burrowing mammals helped boost soil fungi in an area blanketed by ash from the explosive eruption of Mount St Helens ...
W hen Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It ...
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The ...
St. Helens’ mountain recovery shows how gophers and fungi revived barren land. They spurred long-lasting ecological regrowth ...
On May 18, 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens emitted 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere while its pyroclastic lava flow incinerated virtually everything within a ...
Meadow voles are a common nemesis of lawns and landscapes. These “chunky” rodents measure 4 to 5 inches long. Voles are ...