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: 4124
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5107
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4063
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4961
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9738
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4911
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3472
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5115
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4615
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3375
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4520
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3484
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5573
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2841
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7283
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15313
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8909
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5017
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6429
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2867
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6085
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11735
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4147
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4333
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4119
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2787
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3118
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3278
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3655
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5296
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27614
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4523
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3915
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4885
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2759
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5414
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2685
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4167
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2943
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6177
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4044
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18092
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17525
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6142
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6964
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3398
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4099
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4516
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2589
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2552
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2676
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4725
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4079
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9474
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5618
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4781
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3290
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2466
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3588
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2146
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3031
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3097
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5267
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4546
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7745
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6021
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3814
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2888
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2416
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2925