Six years post-experiment, there were 40,000 plants thriving on the gopher plots. The untouched land remained mostly barren.

Never underestimate what a single gopher can achieve in a day: one of the burrowing mammals helped boost soil fungi in an area blanketed by ash from the explosive eruption of Mount St Helens in Washin ...

Underappreciated and far less seen than most Minnesota mammals, pocket gophers are nevertheless abundant wherever their ...

By unearthing microbes and fungi, these rodents helped save an ecosystem almost decimated by the eruption of Mount St. Helens ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas recognised he could be out of Formula One next season but said he trusted new Sauber boss Mattia Binotto to give him the nod over younger rivals.

The Gophers struggled to move the ball in the first half but bounced back in the second half to defeat UCLA 21-17 on Saturday. As the clock drew to a close in the fourth quarter, Gophers quarterback ...

Despite a preseason schedule that doesn't feature St. Thomas, Dawson Garcia and co. give coach Ben Johnson a solid core to work with.

Members of the public are invited to join the Gophers for an open 5k race on Friday. Registration is open on race-day with the entry fee to participate being $20 per person. The competition will begin ...

Parker Jefferson, a 6-foot-10 class of 2025 basketball recruit, has narrowed his list of college suitors to the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the USC Trojans. Parker Jefferson, a 6-foot-10 class of ...

On Monday, the Gophers athletics department announced it will be parting ways with men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino, citing the need for new leadership. With Pitino officially out the door and on ...

The Gophers men's college basketball season opener against Oral Roberts is just over three weeks away and Minnesota now has a good understanding of what the outside world thinks of them.

Lydia Grote had 11 kills to lead the Gophers volleyball team to a sweep of Rutgers on Friday in a Big Ten match in Piscataway, N.J. The 25-13, 25-22, 25-17 victory was the third straight for the ...