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: 4390
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5398
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4285
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5262
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10610
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5563
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3723
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5477
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4979
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3546
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4860
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3746
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5972
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3052
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7890
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15983
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9601
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5413
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6884
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3116
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8352
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12874
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4462
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4605
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4365
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3005
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3362
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3433
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3932
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5675
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28755
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4778
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4172
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5206
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2921
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5895
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2957
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5066
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3162
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6736
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4625
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19283
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18877
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6510
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7657
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3642
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4477
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4722
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2821
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2734
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2842
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5031
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4524
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10835
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6028
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5047
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3504
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2672
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3953
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2350
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3313
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3426
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5779
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4947
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8251
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6381
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3999
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3152
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2621
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3145