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: 6844
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8549
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6801
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8732
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17169
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12718
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6419
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9118
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7812
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5915
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7687
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6388
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15181
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5535
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14213
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22200
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13764
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8233
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12291
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5569
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15985
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22263
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8111
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7019
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7313
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5225
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6092
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5515
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6406
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9132
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37833
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7079
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7546
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8132
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4908
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9112
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5159
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8301
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5179
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16740
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9914
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28782
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29457
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11130
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13454
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5969
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7846
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6680
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4766
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4612
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4660
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7719
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8888
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20670
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8792
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7756
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5989
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4786
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6444
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4207
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5640
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7481
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10454
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7724
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12107
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9825
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6838
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6488
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4927
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5570