There's more life in a healthy wetland than there is in almost any other kind of habitat.
Wildlife uses wetlands in many different ways.
If you visit a wetland in the fall or spring, you could see hundreds or even thousands of them. The young of certain animals like fish and crabs spend their earliest days in wetlands before moving on to open waters. The vegetation in wetlands provides great hiding areas and there is a rich food supply. In fact about 35 percent of all endangered species live in wetlands. Underlined words are defined in the glossary .