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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

With a win over previously-ranked Illinois on Saturday, the Gophers officially became bowl-eligible. Riding a four-game win streak, the Gophers continue to climb the Big Ten standings with just ...

When he posts his hulking 6-foot-3 frame at the top of the opponent’s crease during a Toronto Maple Leafs power play, former Minnesota Gophers star ... so much success. I hate to play against ...

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

Looking for bulletin board material between the Gophers and Athan Kaliakmanis, the starting quarterback for Rutgers who had that role with Minnesota last year? P.J. Fleck’s got nothing for ya.