As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

In a formal peer-reviewed letter published today in Global Ecology and Conservation, experts in modeling and turtle biology detailed several errors in a population viability model that led to a ...

This is when I take care of all the box turtles, gopher tortoises, aquatic turtles, and sea turtles. Gopher tortoises usually come in to the clinic after being hit by cars, and usually stay for ...

Finger or Gopher, both things we remember from our student days, but neither of which was a match for the browser. All is not lost though, because the Gemini protocol is a more modern take on ...

Gopher tortoises are protected by state law ... studying red tide's impact on sea turtles and manatee physiology. She ...

Proposed Amendment 2 As a hunter and angler, I am deeply concerned about the impact of this unnecessary amendment. The right to fish and hunt is […] ...

The Gophers women’s soccer team started their season with a five game winning streak, tying their best start to a season since 2018. The team’s aggression behind the ball exceeds their opponents, ...

Gophers forward Parker Fox (23), guard Mike Mitchell Jr. (2) and forward Dawson Garcia (3) are this team's veteran leaders. (Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

The Minnesota Vikings and Twins were still a few years away from arriving in town. So Gopher football was the top dog in Minneapolis. Then 20-year-old Vince Settergren was a college student in the ...

There are some yellow rat snakes within exhibits, as well as sergeant majors, sea stars, robust red horsefish, and the gopher tortoise. Additionally, Eastern Indigo snakes, diamondback terrapin ...

The school announced on Thursday that, "Gopher Athletics and Dinkytown Athletes have expanded their partnership to include the Golden Gopher Fund." Dinkytown Athletes has been the school's ...

Gophers basketball player Taylor Woodson, left, greets Amaya Battle at practice. The University of Minnesota Gopher women’s basketball practiced at the Athletes Village in Minneapolis, Minn., on ...