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: 7222
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9177
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7388
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9168
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17738
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13172
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6816
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9646
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8127
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6307
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8096
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6830
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15872
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6026
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14820
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22689
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14098
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8730
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12675
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6006
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16571
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22920
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8499
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7443
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7738
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5614
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6616
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5925
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6848
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9581
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38420
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7405
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7900
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8539
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5302
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9588
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5591
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8823
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5515
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18030
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10440
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29757
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29950
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11631
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14043
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6383
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8303
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7011
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5117
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4900
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4951
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8088
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9228
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21417
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9113
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8295
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6598
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5159
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6861
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4507
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6004
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8031
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11060
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8071
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12558
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10292
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7326
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6994
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5411
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6374