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

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

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

By unearthing microbes and fungi, these rodents helped save an ecosystem almost decimated by the eruption of Mount St. Helens ...

Six years post-experiment, there were 40,000 plants thriving on the gopher plots. The untouched land remained mostly barren.

Once the blistering blast of ash and debris cooled, scientists theorized that, by digging up beneficial bacteria and fungi, gophers might be able to help regenerate lost plant and animal life on ...

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 ...

Gophers dig complex tunnel networks, leading to mounds of displaced soil that ruin the appearance of lawns, gardens, and golf ...

The Gophers will look to get one step closer to a bowl game as slight favorites this week against Maryland at Huntington Bank Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CT.

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 ...

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.