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: 5918
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7163
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5767
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7538
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14822
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11180
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5326
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8009
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6972
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4972
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6789
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5170
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10972
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4496
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11841
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20293
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12847
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7319
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10943
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4635
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12854
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19587
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6921
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6041
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6053
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4369
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4818
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4632
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5292
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7753
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 35271
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6283
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6738
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7200
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4072
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8200
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4219
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7333
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4326
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12552
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8430
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25815
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 26897
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10176
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11159
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5117
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6586
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5895
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3989
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3781
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3892
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6833
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7582
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18075
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7993
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6782
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4902
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3951
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5561
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3441
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4762
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5657
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8850
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6815
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11033
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8617
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5373
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5020
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4023
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4523