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: 4812
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5922
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4690
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5785
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11724
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7519
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4181
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6193
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5671
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3882
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5402
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4112
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6939
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3413
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8841
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17154
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10768
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6048
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7770
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3483
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10348
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15822
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5025
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5055
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4760
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3392
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3687
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3734
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4336
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6311
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30459
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5212
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5130
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5847
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3205
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6774
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3218
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5956
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3441
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7914
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5779
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21057
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21890
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7479
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8678
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4091
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5144
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5040
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3175
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2994
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3088
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5593
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5311
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13031
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6624
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5483
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3814
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3044
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4556
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2620
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3705
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3978
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6713
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5614
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9175
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6952
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4324
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3636
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3059
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3557