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: 5752
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6997
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5600
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7336
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14367
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10928
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5157
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7828
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6833
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4828
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6630
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4994
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10438
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4323
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11547
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19938
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12686
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7170
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10660
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4442
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12587
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18978
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6688
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5879
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5869
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4224
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4601
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4476
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5151
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7575
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 34871
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6124
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6603
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7040
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3922
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8013
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4068
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7192
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4177
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11931
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8105
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25273
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 26274
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9971
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10799
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4955
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6404
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5760
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3850
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3644
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3762
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6687
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7203
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17613
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7848
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6643
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4712
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3813
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5427
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3321
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4610
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5445
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8676
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6650
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10848
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8320
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5155
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4808
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3858
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4386