As small aquatic habitats disappear at an alarming rate, private garden ponds may help compensate for the loss of natural ...

Returning to the garden after a bleak winter can feel daunting, with overgrown hedges and murky ponds to contend with. As brighter days begin, and longer daylight hours, it's time to think about ...

Across Britain, ponds are quietly vanishing. Reviving them is one of the simplest ways to boost biodiversity and climate resilience.

The Wildlife Trusts and Royal Horticultural Society have just launched a new campaign to inspire the nation's gardeners to go back to making ponds. In the Eighties heyday of television "makeover" ...

When the BBC's Katherine Latham made a pond with just a plant pot, some rocks and a few native pond plants, she was amazed at the speed wildlife moved in. "I hope we get frogs and newts, and animals ...

Garden and backyards can spring to life with reflections, movement and wildlife, just by adding a small pond. Britain's gardening guru Charlie Dimmock showed The Early Show viewers how to build their ...

15:37, Tue, Apr 22, 2025 Updated: 15:47, Tue, Apr 22, 2025 Gardens come to life in spring with an injection of colour on the tips of trees, grass, beds, and borders. But not all shades of green are ...

Frogs and toads are disappearing from gardens across the UK as ponds become less popular among the British public. Data collected in the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch revealed that while frogs ...

A frog struggles to the surface for a gulp of air in a mill pond swamped by duckweed at Fiddleford Mill, near Sturminster Newton, Dorset Credit: Photo: PICTURE IT NOW Goldfish should not be released ...

Moving frogspawn or frogs between ponds may aid the spread of ranavirus Garden ponds are playing a role in the spread of deadly frog diseases across the UK, a study suggests. Ranaviruses can infect ...