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: 4469
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5495
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4359
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5334
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10836
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5871
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3801
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5629
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5141
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3599
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4949
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3817
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6126
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3102
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8126
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16244
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9850
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5531
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7043
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3176
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8985
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13437
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4549
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4708
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4442
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3069
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3411
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3481
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4005
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5798
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29140
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4861
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4273
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5296
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2963
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6040
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3004
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5227
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3205
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6944
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4887
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19572
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19449
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6651
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7851
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3719
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4601
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4779
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2888
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2775
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2876
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5131
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4683
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11177
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6152
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5119
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3559
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2747
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4083
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2413
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3399
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3515
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5944
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5093
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8462
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6505
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4058
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3222
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2679
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3210