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

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...

University researchers found that pocket gophers, typically regarded as nuisances, played an essential role in aiding with plant regeneration in the landslide and eruption zones. Biologists ...

Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades later, their short... The gophers were grumpy, but they understood the ...

Scientists wanted to know what would happen if pocket gophers, known as "ecosystem engineers" for their outsize effects on habitats, were given a chance to work in fenced-off plots of land.

A pocket gopher is seen in its home on a meadow in the Butte Camp area on the southern side of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington state. Gophers were taken to the northern side, which had ...