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: 4336
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5317
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4244
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5173
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10380
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5364
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3654
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5372
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4878
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3496
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4772
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3646
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5840
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2998
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7719
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15778
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9366
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5296
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6763
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3058
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7732
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12306
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4371
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4543
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4302
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2955
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3314
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3402
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3857
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5573
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28431
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4721
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4087
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5123
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2887
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5756
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2893
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4774
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3112
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6561
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4407
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19018
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18414
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6395
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7473
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3571
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4368
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4675
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2771
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2701
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2811
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4950
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4365
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10368
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5898
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4995
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3440
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2633
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3822
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2289
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3243
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3344
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5624
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4841
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8111
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6287
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3942
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3094
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2585
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3099