Why do gophers dig holes? Gophers are solitary creatures that live alone except when mating or when mothers are taking care of their babies. They dig tunnels and live in burrow systems that can be ...

A single gopher can give birth to five or six young per litter and have multiple litters per year. Baby gophers are called pups, and they’re completely blind for the first few weeks of life.

“Gophers are shaping the plants ... “Those are still fresh, baby, newborn soils,” she adds. The study also described other microorganisms that helped restore an old-growth forest on the ...

But one team of scientists had an idea about how they could help speed up the process: sending a few gophers there on a day trip. Plant life struggled to return to the area around Mount St Helens ...

The gophers were grumpy, but they understood the assignment. Brought by helicopter to a barren landscape with pumice stones the size of marbles and golf balls, the animals did what they've always ...