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: 3993
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4959
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3903
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4795
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9175
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4573
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3361
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4907
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4394
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3284
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4358
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3374
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5399
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2723
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6913
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14963
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8538
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4824
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6168
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2780
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5839
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11325
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3995
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4168
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3995
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2636
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2973
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3167
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3521
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5093
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27074
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4376
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3761
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4688
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2675
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5126
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2591
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3914
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2868
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5909
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3817
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16992
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16548
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5979
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6633
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3301
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3933
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4414
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2463
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2452
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2604
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4547
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3908
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8901
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5318
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4632
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3187
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2355
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3397
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2066
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2923
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2937
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5009
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4372
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7376
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5828
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3738
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2746
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2307
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2769