gopher

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His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

When the New England Patriots signed Mike Vrabel as a young linebacker in 2001, they sent a gopher from the team’s personnel department to scoop him up at the airport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

“Gopher Broke” by Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller looked at the frustration of a hungry, ambitious gopher; it was their first and so far only nomination.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

If the gopher tortoise goes extinct, as foreseen, the dusky gopher frog is one species that will likely follow.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

Finally in a sweat of impatience he went up across the track until he found another gopher hole.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck