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 ...

As small aquatic habitats disappear at an alarming rate, private garden ponds may help compensate for the loss of natural habitats and support biodiversity in urban areas. However, as these ponds ...

Keen gardeners stocking their domestic ponds with exotic or wild aquatic species could be inadvertently fuelling the rapid spread of the lethally infectious frog disease ranavirus, according to new ...

09:24, Tue, Apr 29, 2025 Updated: 09:24, Tue, Apr 29, 2025 Gardeners are being urged to do one thing with their ponds this week to prevent having issues further down the line. It's the perfect time to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Across Britain, ponds are quietly vanishing. Poring over historic maps from the 1900s to trace old pond sites, I was struck by how many once dotted the landscape. Today, more than half have ...

Since we created our gardens in 1995, we've found around 3,300 animal species living there. Ecologist Sylvia Myers introduces some of our favourite finds and the monitoring techniques we use. Watching ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pond habitat is a watery world where lots of different plants and animals live. It's a special place where creatures like fish, frogs, dragonflies and water lilies make their homes. Have you ever ...