On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted and left miles of land looking virtually lifeless. Three years later, scientists tried a weird—and kinda adorable—recovery plan: bring in the gophers! That ...

The Gophers gymnastics team might have entered the eight-team NCAA championship as the lowest seed. But, as Gophers coach Jenny Hansen said, “we knew we belonged here.” In their four-team semifinal on ...

The Gophers men’s basketball program did not make a huge splash with new additions during the first week of the transfer portal, nor did they even produce a ripple. Minnesota has yet to add a single ...

Gophers starting center Robert Vaihola will enter the transfer portal, a source confirmed to the Pioneer Press on Friday, ending uncertainty on what his future would be with the Minnesota program next ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Imagine this: It's a warm summer morning. You've spent the last season preparing, and the early parts of this one fostering plants that have ...

The Minnesota Gophers football team is gearing up for its 2026 Spring Game on April 25, an event they haven’t held since 2023. In the meantime, between spring practices, it’s recruiting season in ...

The No. 13 Minnesota women’s gymnastics team is headed back to the NCAA National Championships after finishing second at the NCAA Regionals in Corvallis, Oregon. Minnesota competed against No. 4 UCLA, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock In the late spring of 1983, scientists set out to help restore the surrounding environment decimated by the ...

Brett Larson replaces Bob Motzko as head coach of the Gophers men's hockey program eight years after replacing him at St. Cloud State. Michael Russo for The Athletic MINNEAPOLIS — Back when Brett ...

The 2025-26 Minnesota Golden Gophers have already secured their spot in program lore, having earned the program’s first Sweet 16 berth in more than two decades. Anything further will require a whale ...

Party like it's 2005. Gophers women's basketball took down No. 5 seed Ole Miss 68-65 in an all-time classic game in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. A game-winner from Amaya Battle will go ...

A new study reveals that an unconventional ecological intervention tactic is still providing benefits 43 years later. After the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated the local environment, ...