Rainforests

Rainforests and monsoon forests girdle the Earth in a broad, green belt wherever extremely heavy rainfall combines with the year-round high temperatures of tropical and equatorial land areas.

The oldest rainforest on Earth is the Queensland rainforest in Australia.

Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6847
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8553
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6803
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8734
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17172
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12721
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6422
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9123
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7814
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5918
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7690
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6392
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15184
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5538
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14216
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22204
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13767
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8235
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12293
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5572
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15988
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22265
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8114
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7022
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7315
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5229
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6098
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5519
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6410
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9135
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37838
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7082
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7549
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8134
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4912
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9114
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5161
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8303
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5181
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16746
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9918
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28785
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29460
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11135
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13458
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5971
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7849
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6683
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4769
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4615
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4662
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7723
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8892
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20675
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8796
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7761
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5994
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4789
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6447
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4209
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5642
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7484
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10458
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7726
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12109
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9827
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6840
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6491
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4929
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5573