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

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has upgraded the gopher tortoise’s fragility rating from vulnerable to ...

First-year Gophers coach Brett Larson has played and coached plenty against North Dakota in his career, and knows the rivalry ...

Cheering for Minnesota teams pays off! This season, a Gopher touchdown, a Vikings interception, Timberwolves 3-pointers or a ...

At 82, former Harlem Globetrotter Rudy Thomas has found a new team to coach at a Jacksonville retirement community. Many of his players are women and some use wheelchairs. They call themselves — wait ...

Can the Gophers find a way to steal one at home from the #1 team in the nation ...

Here's what Minnesota coach PJ Fleck said on October 19th after reviewing the Purdue loss and looking ahead to the Iowa ...

Michele Tafoya's debate takedown of Peggy Flanagan over Minnesota's estimated $9 billion fraud scandal has reshaped the ...

A Great weekend for the Gopher women on the ice, the men’s golf team on the links, and the volleyball team on the court ...

The University of Minnesota football team is back from its bye week, and has one of its biggest rivalry games of the season ...

Here are three things the Gophers must improve on in order to, at least, become bowl eligible (six wins) this season.