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: 7548
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9678
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7754
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9527
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18178
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13546
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7204
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10063
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8468
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6689
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8498
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7114
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16488
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6425
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15428
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23122
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14440
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9155
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13130
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6403
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17077
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23533
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8841
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7800
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8078
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5988
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7054
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6241
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7360
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10000
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 39051
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7812
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8285
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8899
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5659
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10012
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5988
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9237
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5877
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19726
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10847
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30632
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30412
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12064
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14462
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6734
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8768
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7303
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5448
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5201
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5238
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8428
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9539
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21971
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9558
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8700
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7054
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5554
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7279
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4768
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6374
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8459
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11527
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8349
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12971
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10670
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7738
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7341
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5850
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6890