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

In fact, according to a new report from the University of California, this particular gopher-volcano encounter proved to be ...

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

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

Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were ...

Accepting defeat graciously, I sit on the porch swing in the evenings and join my furry friends for the concert.

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

Once the blistering blast of ash and debris cooled, scientists theorized that, by digging up beneficial bacteria and fungi, ...

So, why did it happen? Part of the credit goes to the gopher's diligent digging, which cycled fertile materials back toward the surface. But they also left things behind — from their droppings ...

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 ...