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: 6973
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8776
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6993
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8876
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17350
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12874
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6549
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9278
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7898
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6044
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7822
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6552
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15415
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5664
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14450
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22371
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13850
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8433
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12409
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5680
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16188
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22498
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8237
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7150
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7449
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5334
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6273
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5658
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6549
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9269
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37987
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7170
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7631
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8267
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5024
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9273
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5294
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8498
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5281
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17331
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10060
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29158
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29612
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11321
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13668
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6101
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7994
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6776
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4876
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4684
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4734
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7819
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8992
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20909
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8878
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7938
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6205
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4885
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6580
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4281
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5745
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7662
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10654
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7823
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12243
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9985
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7009
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6658
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5153
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6002