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: 7335
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9341
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7519
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9294
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17907
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13308
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6933
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9760
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8227
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6426
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8230
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6901
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16057
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6135
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14992
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22838
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14223
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8862
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12881
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6138
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16777
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23131
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8615
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7567
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7859
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5734
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6794
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6026
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7027
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9722
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38648
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7512
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8028
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8652
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5440
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9743
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5735
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8954
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5636
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18621
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10566
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30095
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30101
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11779
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14187
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6512
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8417
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7088
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5218
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4984
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5041
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8194
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9313
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21596
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9289
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8442
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6780
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5274
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7004
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4572
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6130
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8209
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11227
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8145
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12701
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10411
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7457
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7113
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5561
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6518