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: 5837
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7088
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5687
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7427
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14532
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11040
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5239
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7920
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6904
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4902
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6707
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5062
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10664
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4411
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11683
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20124
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12766
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7245
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10793
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4528
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12686
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19328
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6795
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5947
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5948
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4298
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4699
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4552
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5218
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7653
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 35044
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6203
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6666
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7122
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3991
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8109
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4144
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7257
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4249
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12201
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8250
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25539
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 26508
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10077
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10917
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5034
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6471
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5825
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3919
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3708
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3823
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6755
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7338
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17857
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7914
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6710
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4808
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3876
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5490
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3371
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4676
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5539
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8749
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6728
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10935
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8509
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5270
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4921
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3933
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4447