Wildlife includes non-domesticated animals, plants, and other organisms.
Destinations
[edit]| Major wildlife regions North America • Central & South America • Africa • Madagascar • Eurasia • South & Southeast Asia • Australasia • Arctic • Southern Ocean |
| “ | Whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved. | ” |
| Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species | ||
A zoo is a facility where animals are held in more or less artificial enclosures. The level of animal ethics vary a lot between zoos.
A safari park is a large enclosure where animals roam freely, and visitors enter by car or other vehicles.
A game reserve or nature reserve is an open-land area for protection of wild animals, with a leave-no-trace mandate. Animals live naturally, and the park crew usually only interfere with them for research, conservation, or population control.
When watching animals in the wild, patience and keen eyes are key. If an animal isn't moving, you might well walk right by without noticing it, so pay attention. Move quietly. And if you're hoping to see wild animals somewhere that gets more than a very small number of visitors, consider going early in the day, before other people have had a chance to scare the animals away.
Wildlife on Earth is geographically divided into a number of bioregions:
- North American wildlife
- Central and South American wildlife
- African wildlife
- Wildlife of Madagascar
- Eurasian wildlife
- Wildlife in South and Southeast Asia
- Australasian wildlife
- Arctic wildlife
- Wildlife of the Southern Ocean
- Marine life
Species
[edit]- Birdwatching
- Botanical tourism, including both domesticated and wild plants
- Elephants
- Tigers
Stay safe
[edit]See dangerous animals, pests, and poisonous plants.
Respect
[edit]See Animal ethics.