The Plains Pocket Gopher’s range extends throughout much of the Great Plains region of North America and this gopher is found in suitable habitats throughout North Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma. The ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The southeastern pocket gopher is a fist-sized, chubby cheeked ...

If a gopher is digging holes in your backyard, it’s a pest. When relocated to Mount St. Helens, the volcano that erupted in 1980, the same rodent helped rebuild the environment. Following the ...

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In the underground world of any prairie, root systems crisscross and extend downward to create an underground maze. As the roots of grasses and flowers grow and search for nutrients, they may find ...

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 harvesting ...

According to new research, however, the pocket gopher actually farms its food … and it's the only non-human mammal to do so. Pocket gophers spend pretty much their entire lives underground, excavating ...

What is a pocket gopher? The Wyoming pocket gopher is a small, light-colored burrowing rodent that has is 6 to 8 inches in length and weighs just a couple of ounces. The species is characterized by ...

The uneasy truce between myself and the pocket gopher population has been broken. They crossed the line the other day when they entered my potato patch from the pasture. Before the invasion the ...