The Moccasin is the publication of the League of Minnesota Poets. At the time, no one noticed the gaffe. When Minnesotan made the gopher an unofficial state animal, they also adopted the inaccurate ...

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11, 2023, at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. / Gopher Athletics Gophers women's hockey traveled to Madison, Wisc. for a pivotal series this weekend against their rival Badgers. Some of the same ...

Mittelstadt scored on the play. / Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Gophers men's hockey is off this weekend for the first time in 2025, but they received some ...

Gophers guard Amaya Battle looks for the basket with Hawkeyes forward Hannah Stuelke (45) defending in the first half. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

February is one of the coldest months of the year in Minnesota, but softball season has started for the Gophers. They travel to Arizona this weekend to kick off their regular season. Minnesota ...

A snow leopard sleeps in the rocks at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. African elephants Mopani, left, and Hondo play at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and ...

The Gophers men’s basketball program has another chance on Saturday to knock off a ranked opponent at the Barn. No. 23 Illinois comes to Minneapolis for a 5 p.m. game. KSTP Sports on Friday ...

Gopher Digital gives you an inside look as Minnesota collects a B1G road win against the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Gophers guard Amaya Battle (3) is averaging 16.3 points over the past 11 games. (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

they also affect the chemistry of the oceans. When saltwater absorbs carbon dioxide, it becomes acidic, which alters the aquatic animal ...