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

After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

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

W hen Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It ...

Six years after the brief gopher intervention, however, the two plots of land hosted 40,000 thriving plants. In stark contract, the surrounding region was still mostly barren. In just 24 hours, ...

Gophers receiver Elijah Spencer dives for a pass in the end zone against Rutgers defensive back Bo Mascoe in the second half of Saturday's loss in Piscataway, N.J. (Andrew Mills/NJ Advance Media ...

By 1983, the areas around Mount St. Helens chosen for the gopher experiment were heaps of "collapsing slabs of porous pumice.

Gophers men's basketball guard Mike Mitchell Jr. exited to the locker room during the second half of Saturday's game against Omaha at Williams Arena in Minneapolis after appearing to injure his ...

Ethan Robinson was one of the highest-graded Gophers on defense but it was a tough day overall for Minnesota. The Minnesota Golden Gophers saw their four-game winning streak come to an end as they ...

The Gophers football team traveled to Rutgers as six-point favorites and carrying a four-game winning streak, but none of that mattered as they tripped up, falling 26-19 to the Scarlet Knights on ...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Coach P.J. Fleck stepped into the middle of the Gophers offensive huddle along the sideline before a pivotal fourth-quarter drive against Rutgers on Saturday. Sputtering on ...

The Minnesota Golden Gophers trail the Rutgers Scarlet Knights early on Saturday in Big Ten action, 14-9 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis is getting revenge on his ...