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: 4503
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5527
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4385
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5379
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10931
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6039
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3836
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5673
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5200
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3618
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4989
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3840
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6229
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3134
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8218
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16322
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9955
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5584
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7117
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3201
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9324
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13673
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4582
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4740
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4472
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3111
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3442
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3501
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4035
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5851
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29239
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4889
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4358
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5348
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2983
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6131
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3024
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5299
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3224
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7027
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4976
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19727
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19655
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6721
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7932
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3753
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4650
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4807
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2923
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2799
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2893
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5169
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4744
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11318
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6198
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5155
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3582
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2788
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4124
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2439
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3431
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3550
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6005
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5136
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8550
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6549
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4075
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3260
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2700
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3231