Thurston County has a big problem caused by one small critter: the Mazama Pocket Gopher. Unlike in other areas of the country where the rodent is considered a nuisance, Thurston County’s frustrations ...

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 ...

The breeding biology of the southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis) in southern Florida was studied from May 1968 to April 1969. The age composition of 505 pocket gophers was 67.1% adults, 25.5% ...

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When we think of our fellow plant-eating mammals, we tend to picture them just eating whatever they find while foraging. According to new research, however, the pocket gopher actually farms its food … ...

Amid the sprawl that is Douglas County — the fastest-growing county in the nation in 2001 — lives the Douglas County pocket gopher. The four- to five-ounce brown vegetarian is rarely seen outside of ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that four sub-species of the Mazama pocket gopher have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The agency has ...

SEATTLE— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Endangered Species Act protection today for four subspecies of the Mazama pocket gopher and declared a fifth subspecies, the Tacoma pocket gopher, ...

One way for animals to decrease energy expenditures is to minimize the cost of movement. For animals dwelling on slopes, gravity can impart a large energetic cost to movement. For this reason, animals ...

Do you have mysterious mounds showing up in your yard? Well I do, and I have had numerous calls this past week. The first question I ask is, "are the holes in the mound plugged or open?" If the holes ...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming pocket gopher, the only mammal that exists exclusively in the Cowboy State, will once again go before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for protections. WildEarth Guardians ...

Anyone who has engaged in the spring ritual of trapping pocket gophers probably found the following news item that appeared on the Free Press website a week ago a bit intriguing: PRESTON (AP) — A ...