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 later, their short... The gophers were grumpy, but they understood the ...

Located in southern Washington state, Mount St. Helens is notorious for its eruption on May 18, 1980. The eruption of ...

But even as the volcano despaired, scientists were making their plans. They were planning to test whether pocket gophers — a widespread burrowing rodent that many people persecute as pests ...

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

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 ...

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.

The eruption in southwest Washington state left fertile soil far below an inhospitable surface. Scientists wanted to know what would happen if pocket gophers, known as "ecosystem engineers" for their ...