Pocket gophers blend with the environment to avoid ... You can also contact animal control in your area for rescue. Don't kill gophers because they play an essential role in the ecosystem, such ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Helens in 1980 believe a particular species of animal has aided in the area’s recovery. University researchers found that pocket gophers, typically regarded as nuisances, played an essential role in ...

I mean, ash that's so thick that it could bury a car," researcher Mia Maltz, lead author of a new study about the gopher project, tells NPR. The eruption in southwest Washington state left fertile ...