The Tacoma pocket gopher, discovered in 1853, ranged from Point Defiance in Tacoma south to Steilacoom and east to Puyallup. “It’s a tragedy that the Tacoma pocket gopher went extinct waiting for ...

No matter the look, the gopher mascot has served the university well, evoking school pride and spirit, stated a 2013 proclamation issued by then-Gov. Mark Dayton.

Relaxin’s discoverer is gentle, publicity-shy Professor Frederick Lee Hisaw, 52. He found the hormone during long, painstaking studies of the sex life of the pocket gopher, a small prairie ...