A study finds that roots grow deeper than typical into southeastern pocket gophers tunnel networks, raising the possibility that the rodents cultivate their food. The pocket gopher, immortalized as ...

Sadly gopher tortoises are struggling to survive as their habitat is destroyed for urban development. They need large, unfragmented parcels of undeveloped land, so any disruptions or barriers in their ...

A Minnesota Golden Gophers football star signed a deal with a pet food brand that started out locally to promote a Children's Hospital program. Freshman Gophers defensive back Koi Perich has ...

Gopher tortoises have already lost 97% of the longleaf pine savannas they historically inhabited and continue to be severely threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation driven by urbanization. This ...