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: 7396
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9464
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7606
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9369
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18004
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13396
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7010
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9841
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8318
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6514
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8330
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6961
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16188
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6230
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15120
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22942
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14292
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8951
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12962
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6221
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16868
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23282
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8689
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7657
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7929
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5807
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6891
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6100
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7126
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9811
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38820
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7603
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8119
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8713
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5505
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9839
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5809
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9081
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5723
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19079
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10672
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30297
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30196
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11876
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14270
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6587
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8530
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7157
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5294
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5049
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5100
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8286
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9380
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21761
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9388
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8532
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6883
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5387
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7086
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4623
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6216
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8280
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11349
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8193
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12797
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10517
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7543
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7190
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5657
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6660