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: 7862
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10172
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8107
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9985
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18572
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13919
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7533
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10553
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8774
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7118
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8835
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7459
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16886
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6828
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15795
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23503
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14779
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9758
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13504
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6721
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17477
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 24080
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9179
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8171
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8423
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6405
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7406
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6548
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7855
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10507
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 39453
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8144
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8594
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9207
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6027
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10449
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8910
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9770
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6157
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20464
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11194
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 31742
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30794
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12676
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14860
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7004
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9107
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7589
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5749
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5469
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5557
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8714
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9834
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22363
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10056
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9029
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7543
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5960
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7621
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5134
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6684
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8788
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11871
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8646
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13341
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10976
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8077
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7653
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6176
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8042