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: 5889
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7135
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5732
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7474
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14665
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11126
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5286
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7974
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6951
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4944
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6750
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5112
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10825
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4462
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11762
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20211
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12822
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7289
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10886
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4586
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12759
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19495
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6859
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5997
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5998
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4343
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4759
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4596
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5266
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7710
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 35163
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6255
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6711
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7173
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4027
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8164
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4188
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7307
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4299
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12366
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8345
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25668
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 26701
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10135
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11060
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5085
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6519
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5868
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3967
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3751
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3866
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6799
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7435
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17982
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7957
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6754
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4853
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3919
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5533
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3409
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4728
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5612
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8803
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6784
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10993
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8576
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5314
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4980
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3981
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4491