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: 6685
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8328
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6644
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8557
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16943
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12521
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6289
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8827
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7679
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5755
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7534
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6212
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14814
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5389
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13956
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22010
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13620
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8032
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12139
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5454
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15669
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22024
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7964
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6844
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7143
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5098
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5944
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5357
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6166
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8954
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37557
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6930
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7413
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7979
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4757
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8942
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4994
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8053
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5049
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16319
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9722
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28481
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29250
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10983
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13227
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5822
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7695
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6549
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4638
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4494
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4549
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7572
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8707
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20312
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8665
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7538
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5765
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4638
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6291
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4096
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5506
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7270
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10111
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7594
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11928
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9577
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6605
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6294
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4767
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5391