The "pseudo-spring" of the last week of February brought about many happenings in nature. After the first three weeks of the month that averaged a temperature of only about 4 degrees above zero, the ...

Like prairie dogs, voles compromise your yard and garden by burrowing extensive tunnel systems beneath ... brown in color and is often called a pocket gopher, due to its fur-lined cheek pouches.

I wrote that pocket gophers use their cheek pockets to help move dirt in their underground tunnels. Wrong! A common creed of a fishing writer, such as myself, is to always tell the truth – the whole ...

They call me “the gopher.” I live in the tunnels. I have always taken harsh weather as a personal affront to my character – the deliberate handiwork of some sinister god, hell-bent on making me suffer ...

Gophers men's hockey was surprisingly eliminated from the first round of the Big Ten Tournament last weekend. No. 7 seed Notre Dame came into the 3M Arena at Mariucci and knocked off the No. 2 ...

Penn State is the overwhelming favorite to leave with the team championship, but Gophers legend Gable Steveson is looking to become the first heavyweight to win four individual Big Ten titles.

Gophers junior guard Mara Braun said on Monday's Gopher Coaches Show with Ahmad Hicks, Justin Gaard and Dawn Plitzuweit that she is day-to-day with a foot injury that required surgery for the ...

John's Island, S.C. - University of Minnesota junior Isabella McCauley leads the Gophers Sunday through the first 18 holes of the Briars Creek Invitational in John's Island, S.C. The Gophers concluded ...

Minnesota coach Dawn Plitzuweit wants her Gophers women’s basketball team to finish its regular season by burnishing its NCAA tournament bona fides. Pushing No. 9 Ohio State to overtime last ...

Welcome back to season two of Gopher Round Table presented by Affinity Plus! A video-podcast series where Gopher student-athletes sit down and chat with their teammates. Episode 6 features Gopher ...

Ben Johnson set a precedent last season and followed it Monday. If the Gophers men’s basketball team is given the option to continue playing beyond the Big Ten Conference tournament in ...