Scientists say the pocket gophers were cranky about being moved into a devastated landscape for a day in 1980. But decades ...

A man who ended up being consumed by a volcanic eruption left behind some devastating final words as he watched it come ...

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake happened around 7:52 a.m. north of Mount St. Helens, just west of Spirit Lake. USGS equipment recorded the earthquake at a depth ...

Gradually the blast zone began to bloom ... The monument's life-support system is volunteers from the nonprofit Mount St. Helens Institute, seasonal workers, and interns. Seventy percent of ...

After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 square ...

Six years post-experiment, there were 40,000 plants thriving on the gopher plots. The untouched land remained mostly barren.

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. – Researchers studying the aftermath of the massive eruption that led to the widespread destruction ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 ... Once the blistering blast of ash and debris cooled, scientists theorized that, by digging up beneficial bacteria and fungi, gophers might be able to ...

Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were magical.

It will be years before people will be able to reach some of the views, trails and a visitor center at Mount St. Helens ...