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: 7214
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9161
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7377
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9143
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17700
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13157
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6809
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9633
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8120
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6295
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8082
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6823
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15844
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6001
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14802
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22672
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14081
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8711
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12662
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5989
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16551
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22891
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8484
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7419
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7715
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5585
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6581
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5910
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6832
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9564
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38395
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7390
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7880
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8527
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5275
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9554
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5578
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8800
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5507
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17956
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10416
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29714
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29933
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11618
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14015
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6374
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8265
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6993
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5108
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4892
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4941
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8068
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9218
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21376
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9102
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8273
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6568
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5146
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6844
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4489
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5995
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7986
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11048
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8057
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12539
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10280
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7298
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6984
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5398
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6358