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: 6920
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8643
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6877
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8800
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17240
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12801
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6487
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9197
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7863
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5981
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7751
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6471
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15281
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5608
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14322
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22288
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13811
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8318
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12344
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5631
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16074
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22364
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8183
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7084
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7384
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5279
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6208
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5584
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6489
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9206
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37913
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7130
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7597
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8196
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4970
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9188
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5224
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8409
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5235
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17012
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9986
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28929
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29527
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11216
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13546
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6030
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7917
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6728
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4831
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4649
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4695
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7769
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8945
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20783
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8829
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7851
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6080
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4848
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6516
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4249
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5694
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7575
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10537
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7774
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12174
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9898
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6918
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6561
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5000
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5656