A new water-garden planter does double duty by beautifying and clarifying a pond. The floating Barley Straw Planter is made of a foam ring surrounded by barley straw, which attracts microbes that help ...

Life (as far as we know) started in water and is still very much dependent upon it. Find out about the animals and plants that rely on ponds, the history and key features of this habitat, and why we ...

If you build a pond, wildlife will find it. But how? There, at the bottom of the emptied pond, wriggled an unexpected cadre of eels. This body of water was huge, originally designed as an outdoor ...

In pond terms these are often classified as "marginal" plants 'cos they grow at, y'know, the margins of a body of water. Taking the DIY approach to this too, I walked out onto a lake bed that's been ...

A familiar scenario plays out like clockwork in Brevard County ponds. Just as mama and baby ducks, wading birds and tiny fish start to frequent the sprouting native plants, out comes the herbicide.

Central Park has 29 ponds, five of which are being supplied with plants thanks to the Healthy Pond Collaborative.

A research at the University of Helsinki suggests aquatic plants can be utilised as a tool to enhance the co-existence between aquatic invertebrates and their fish predators in urban ponds. Ponds are ...