Gardeners are being warned not to share out frogspawn from ponds because it spreads diseases which are fatal to frogs. The practise of "spawn-swapping" goes back decades and is especially popular with ...

RSPCA experts have appealed to children, parents and teachers to resist the temptation to take frog and toad spawn home to watch it grow into adult amphibians. The charity wants people to instead ...

Conservationists are urging people not to carry out "frogspawn-swapping" this spring because of problems they say it can create for the pond environment. Wildlife-lovers in the UK often donate ...

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As a young child, for many years, I enjoyed collecting frogspawn. There was a small drain at the bottom of the field behind my house, a field that also contained an old abandoned dump truck – my ...

A GARDENER who tried to sell surplus frogspawn on Internet auction site ebay prompted a police inquiry. The woman, from Gates-head, was tracked down and was this week cautioned by police after she ...

The charity wants people to instead enjoy one of nature’s most fascinating miracles in the ponds, puddles and ditches where it unfolds from early spring until April. Previous generations of youngsters ...