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: 7472
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9573
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7671
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9446
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18085
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13465
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7123
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9977
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8396
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6606
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8414
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7030
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16363
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6318
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15241
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23035
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14361
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9045
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13049
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6315
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16960
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23408
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8763
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7733
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8006
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5895
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6972
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6166
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7215
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9898
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38934
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7702
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8202
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8820
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5583
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9931
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5906
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9158
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5811
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19500
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10755
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30475
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30311
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11974
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14364
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6665
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8660
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7233
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5378
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5128
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5164
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8363
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9453
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21874
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9481
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8611
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6970
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5487
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7175
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4693
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6296
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8373
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11437
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8258
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12887
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10592
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7636
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7266
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5760
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6782