If you're looking for your next garden project and want something that is low maintenance but also beneficial for the entire ecosystem, consider building a tiny wildlife pond.

Ponds are a wonderful way of introducing wildlife to your yard, and they're easy to DIY. You can turn a corner of your yard into a watery oasis in a single afternoon. But before you start building ...

By building dams, they increase the complexity of the landscape, creating microhabitats for countless organisms. Their ponds support aquatic plants, while fallen trees left behind offer shelter ...

By building a dam, they create a pond, and that pond is their safety zone." These bodies of water are deep enough for beavers to hide from predators, such as mountain lions, bears , wolves and ...