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: 6607
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8211
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6549
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8472
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16792
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12384
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6214
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8740
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7613
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5670
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7447
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6110
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14458
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5306
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13819
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21887
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13550
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7964
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12041
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5389
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15342
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21905
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7886
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6754
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7045
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5030
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5858
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5265
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6049
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8856
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37393
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6867
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7349
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7913
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4688
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8859
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4913
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7943
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4983
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16024
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9636
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28213
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29055
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10900
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13076
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5748
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7597
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6488
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4572
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4417
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4483
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7503
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8625
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20115
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8600
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7427
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5644
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4568
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6223
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4030
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5440
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7154
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10002
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7518
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11851
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9456
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6488
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6186
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4692
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5278