What is Wildlife?
[[File:Tiger close up.jpg|thumb|300px|A younger tiger close up.]] '''Wildlife''' originally meant non-[[domesticated]] [[animal]] [[species]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homestudy.ihea.com/wildlife/03whatis.htm|title=What Is Wildlife?|publisher=IHEA|accessdate=14 July 2012|archive-date=27 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427185437/http://homestudy.ihea.com/wildlife/03whatis.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> It now includes all [[plant]]s, [[fungi]] and other [[organism]]s which grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by [[human]]s.<ref>{{cite book |author=Usher M.B. 1986 |title=Wildlife conservation evaluation: attributes, criteria and values |publisher=Chapman and Hall |location=London, New York |isbn=978-94-010-8315-7}}</ref> Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet. It has had a big effect on the [[environment]], both positive and negative. Wildlife can be found in all [[Ecosystem|ecosystems]]. [[Desert]]s, [[forests]], [[rain forests]], [[plains]], [[grassland]]s, and other areas including the most developed [[Urban area|urban]] sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. Most scientists agree that wildlife around is affected by human activities. A [[garden]] is not a natural [[habitat]], but it is full of genuine wildlife. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Ecology]]