The University of Minnesota football team has accepted an invitation to compete in the Rate Bowl on Dec. 26, 2025, in Phoenix. The Gophers will face New Mexico at 3:30 p.m. CT at Chase Field on ESPN.

Close-up shot of a pocket gopher pocking its head outside its burrow - James Cruz/Getty Images If you've noticed gophers in your yard, along with damaged plants and missing bulbs, chances are you are ...

Unforunately, springtime is prime time for the garden-damaging activities of moles, voles and gophers. It’s an exasperating experience: you go to the nursery, pick out a flowering plant, shrub, or ...

Gophers are a huge problem for gardeners in much of the US, destroying plants from Minnesota (nicknamed the 'Gopher State') to California, and even Florida. Any yard where the soil conditions suit ...