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: 6911
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8622
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6860
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8786
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17225
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12785
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6470
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9179
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7850
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5969
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7737
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6455
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15266
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5597
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14288
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22259
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13801
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8298
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12329
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5617
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16059
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22340
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8175
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7072
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7373
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5273
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6192
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5571
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6476
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9188
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37895
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7123
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7582
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8183
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4954
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9163
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5208
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8369
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5221
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16956
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9972
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28901
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29516
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11197
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13521
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6018
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7909
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6719
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4818
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4639
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4686
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7763
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8937
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20758
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8822
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7837
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6049
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4835
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6502
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4240
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5684
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7553
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10519
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7765
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12156
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9882
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6895
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6548
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4982
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5635