A team of American scientists sought to learn whether an American team of burrowing rodents could help restore Mount St ...

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 in Washin ...

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated local ecosystems, but an experimental introduction of gophers has ...

Underappreciated and far less seen than most Minnesota mammals, pocket gophers are nevertheless abundant wherever their ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists ...

After looking at the five suspects, Compton said it is not unusual to conclude the rodent bearing the least resemblance to the mascot is the pocket gopher – the only gopher in the lineup. The general ...

Miller Legg workers saw 74 gopher tortoises and reviewed 423 burrows. They determined that 275 burrows were active, 41 ...

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 ...

Gophers forward Parker Fox (23), guard Mike Mitchell Jr. (2) and forward Dawson Garcia (3) are this team's veteran leaders. (Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Parker Jefferson, a 6-foot-10 class of 2025 basketball recruit, has narrowed his list of college suitors to the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the USC Trojans. Parker Jefferson, a 6-foot-10 class of ...

Stella and Olivia Swenson, out of Wayzata High School, were some of the loudest fans in the stands when the Gophers defeated Northwestern on Oct. 15. The twins will cheer from a different location at ...