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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The scientists were correct in their hypothesis that gophers' digging habits might dredge up beneficial microorganisms and give the ecosystem a regenerative boost. In just 24 hours, the gophers ...

Mount St. Helens' Insides Are a Perplexing Mystery Specifically, as laid out in the University of California’s report, the thinking was “by digging up beneficial bacteria and fungi ...

In short, Professor Allen and collaborators proposed that, by digging up beneficial bacteria and fungi, gophers might help regenerate lost plant and animal life on the scorched mountain.

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 the ...