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: 7075
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8972
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7222
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8989
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17519
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12996
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6666
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9481
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7995
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6153
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7934
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6694
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15622
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5814
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14615
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22492
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13949
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8559
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12522
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5818
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16355
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22703
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8343
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7261
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7569
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5439
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6409
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5773
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6678
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9401
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38187
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7256
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7731
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8373
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5131
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9391
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5424
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8627
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5367
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17600
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10251
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29442
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29760
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11453
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13842
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6229
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8110
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6870
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4968
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4776
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4827
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7936
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9087
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21121
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8970
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8088
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6368
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4998
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6702
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4366
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5855
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7818
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10854
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7930
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12374
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10121
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7125
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6800
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5250
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6189