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

Gophers can be nasty critters. It is never fun to enter your backyard just to see it filled with holes created by these ...

A southeastern pocket gopher finds a place to dump soil from its ongoing excavation. Digging is so energy intensive, the roots gophers find along the way don’t provide enough food. But by ...

Pocket gophers blend with the environment to avoid predators such ... Disturb one end of the tunnel with a long pole, so the gopher will exit where you placed the trap. When gophers are trapped, ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists ...

Homeowners frequently confuse moles with pocket gophers or voles ... move on to do-it-yourself (DIY) mole traps, which are the most effective method for controlling moles. You’re likely to ...

Meadow voles are a common nemesis of lawns and landscapes. These “chunky” rodents measure 4 to 5 inches long. Voles are ...

After looking at the five suspects, Compton said it is not unusual to conclude the rodent bearing the least resemblance to the mascot is the pocket gopher – the only gopher in the lineup. The general ...

Going into the fourth quarter against California on Saturday, the Gophers looked poised for an upset of a top-10 team. Minnesota had rallied from a 14-point deficit against No. 8 California and had ...

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 ...

Other animals, like pocket gophers, also dig tunnels ... it's important to choose the right one and apply it correctly to avoid risk to bees. Or, you could trap the moles. "All mole traps are lethal ...