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: 7752
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9976
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7978
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9821
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18433
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13768
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7413
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10371
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8634
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6928
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8720
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7348
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16708
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6687
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15676
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23385
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14645
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9636
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13363
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6614
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17352
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23861
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9042
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7992
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8314
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6291
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7289
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6398
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7683
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10283
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 39315
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8035
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8479
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9095
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5895
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10347
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8793
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9661
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6046
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20232
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11074
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 31354
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30626
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12484
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14728
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6905
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8993
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7466
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5610
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5368
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5450
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8589
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9735
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22224
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9901
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8903
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7331
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5822
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7477
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4986
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6563
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8640
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11736
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8529
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13207
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10871
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7988
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7539
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6043
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7755