Gophers can be nasty critters. It is never fun to enter your backyard just to see it filled with holes created by these rodents. It is hard enough to make your yard look nice as things are now anyway.

Rhymes: -otːɑ Hyphenation(key): bul‧lerin‧tasku‧rotta bullerintaskurotta (dated) Synonym of mascotantaskurotta (“Buller’s pocket gopher”).

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 ...

I first heard and learned about the word “fossorial” from my University of North Dakota mammalogy professor, Dr. Robert Seabloom. Fossorial mammals are creatures that spend most of their lives ...

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 ...

I first heard and learned about the word “fossorial” from my University of North Dakota mammalogy professor Dr. Robert Seabloom. Fossorial mammals are creatures that… ...

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The museum has created a mock criminal lineup comparing five stuffed rodents alongside a stuffed Goldy Gopher. After looking at the five suspects, Compton said it is not unusual to conclude the rodent ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...