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: 6041
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7295
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5864
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7726
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15161
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11370
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5466
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8134
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7063
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5071
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6896
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5296
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11539
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4617
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12223
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20589
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12978
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7416
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11151
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4766
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13131
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19979
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7141
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6167
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6208
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4474
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5022
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4725
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5395
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7965
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 35680
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6385
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6840
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7320
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4167
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8326
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4336
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7419
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4439
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13150
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8631
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 26174
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27328
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10289
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11473
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5222
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6801
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5980
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4074
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3876
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3977
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6937
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7782
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18351
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8081
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6864
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5003
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4055
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5651
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3524
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4885
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5864
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9064
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6927
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11161
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8745
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5537
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5227
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4150
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4606