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: 6684
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8325
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6642
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8557
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16941
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12519
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6289
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8823
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7678
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5753
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7531
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6211
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14813
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5388
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13956
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22010
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13619
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8032
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12138
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5454
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15668
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22023
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7963
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6843
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7141
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5097
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5943
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5355
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6165
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8953
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37554
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6929
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7413
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7978
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4756
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8942
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4992
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8052
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5048
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16317
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9721
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28479
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29249
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10981
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13226
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5820
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7694
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6548
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4637
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4493
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4548
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7571
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8705
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20312
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8664
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7538
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5762
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4637
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6291
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4096
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5505
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7269
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10111
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7594
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11928
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9576
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6605
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6293
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4766
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5390