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: 5005
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6100
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4829
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6008
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12138
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8144
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4339
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6447
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5878
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4026
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5625
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4230
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7483
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3559
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9277
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17613
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11184
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6282
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8147
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3621
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10761
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16491
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5281
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5192
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4955
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3515
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3797
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3842
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4483
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6542
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 31307
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5337
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5574
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6035
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3306
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7005
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3335
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6228
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3550
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8424
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6196
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21609
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22797
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7998
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9043
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4257
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5359
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5151
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3278
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3110
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3195
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5756
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5567
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13766
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6862
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5639
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3946
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3169
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4734
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2733
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3908
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4195
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7139
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5794
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9475
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7126
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4463
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3814
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3184
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3685