Gophers become unexpected heroes after scientists introduce them to site of Mount St. Helens eruption

The gophers did not let anyone down. Within just six years of their introduction to Mount St. Helens, 40,000 plants were ...

Mount St. Helens and the Worst Volcano Eruption in U.S. History

It was small by volcanic standards, but massive by human ones: on this day in 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in what the ...
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Mount St. Helens eruption: Never-before-published photos

Peggy Short-Nottage and her husband joined sightseers rushing to Mount St. Helens when volcanic activity escalated in the spring of 1980. Instead of hopping in a car and making the drive to ...

43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes.

It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem.
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Remembering the deadly Mount St. Helens eruption 45 years later

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1980, following months of small explosions and earthquakes.