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: 7378
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9435
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7587
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9345
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17975
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13361
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6989
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9813
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8296
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6477
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8294
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6937
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16151
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6206
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15088
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22916
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14272
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8916
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12935
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6193
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16844
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23247
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8667
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7628
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7908
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5788
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6867
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6078
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7093
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9786
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38784
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7570
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8083
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8697
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5485
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9818
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5793
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9041
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5701
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18914
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10642
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30246
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30165
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11842
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14244
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6567
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8473
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7140
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5273
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5031
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5087
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8260
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9358
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21720
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9352
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8507
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6842
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5336
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7057
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4609
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6187
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8256
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11302
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8179
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12763
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10485
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7515
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7166
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5628
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6606