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: 7397
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9466
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7607
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9370
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18006
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13396
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7011
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9842
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8318
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6515
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8331
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6962
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16188
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6231
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15120
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22944
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14294
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8952
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12964
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6222
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16869
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23283
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8689
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7657
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7930
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5807
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6891
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6101
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7127
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9812
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38821
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7604
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8119
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8713
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5506
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9839
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5810
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9082
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5723
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19081
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10674
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30297
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30196
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11877
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14270
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6588
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8530
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7158
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5296
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5050
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5102
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8287
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9380
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21762
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9388
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8533
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6883
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5388
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7087
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4623
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6217
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8281
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11350
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8194
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12798
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10518
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7544
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7190
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5658
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6661