“In recent years diseases have significantly affected populations of frogs in garden ponds,” he said. “Introducing species such as goldfish into a pond not only increases the severity of ...

Goldfish and other non-native fish should not be put into garden ponds because they help spread a “devastating disease” that is killing off thousands of frogs every year, scientists have said.

Alamy Scientists have warned people not to release goldfish into their garden ponds because of the risk they pose a risk to frogs. They are urging pond keepers to do everything they can to protect ...

In another 2022 study, published in the journal Animals, scientists showed that goldfish were able to distinguish between photographs of plastic turtles and plastic frogs. The process of object ...

An invasive frog species may be implicated in the spread of a fungus linked to global amphibian decline, research indicates. Scientists writing in the journal Biology Letters found that non-native ...

First came see-through frogs. Now Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing goldfish whose beating hearts can be seen through translucent scales and skin. The transparent creatures are part ...

I went to look at the pond and saw it on top of my biggest goldfish. 'I've heard that frogs can attack fish in this way but I've never seen anything like it before. 'The frog was there for quite a ...

This clever frog shows he’s one in a pillion – by hopping a ride on the back of a passing goldfish. But it wasn’t an easy ride for the amphibian as the fish desperately wriggled from side to ...