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: 4068
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5041
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3991
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4888
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9557
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4746
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3421
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5029
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4525
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3345
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4449
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3433
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5508
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2776
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7157
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15196
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8766
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4932
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6337
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2826
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5985
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11541
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4081
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4259
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4065
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2714
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3041
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3226
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3589
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5188
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27430
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4455
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3848
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4809
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2725
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5318
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2629
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4043
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2910
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6069
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3958
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17395
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17252
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6075
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6809
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3356
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4022
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4477
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2535
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2499
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2645
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4636
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4015
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9269
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5535
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4713
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3242
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2411
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3498
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2113
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2983
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3032
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5171
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4469
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7577
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5935
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3776
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2816
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2372
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2832