Once known as 'Hoover chickens,' the long-lived gopher tortoises are now at the center of a growing conservation battle.

The state-designated threatened gopher tortoise may be in more trouble than previously thought with the International Union ...

Get to know the new Gopher hoops roster ...

Ryan Burns, Luke Buer and Derek Burns recap Minnesota Gopher Football's overtime loss to the #4 Indiana Hoosiers in the ...

With the football season half over, several Gophers are on track to make their mark in the team's history books. GI's Dan ...

Gopher football running back Darius Taylor is doing a lot for the team during his time with Minnesota.

Minnesota opens the Big Ten schedule with a visit from the Nittany Lions ...

Spot active gophers by identifying fanlike soil piles with a dirt-plugged opening. Protect plants with buried wire barriers that gophers cannot chew through. Gophers may come to your yard looking for ...

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...