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: 6409
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7828
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6293
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8224
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16207
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11940
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5908
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8517
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7390
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5413
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7215
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5741
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13237
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5053
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13221
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21371
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13308
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7725
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11725
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5155
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14237
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21340
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7614
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6487
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6733
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4794
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5499
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5060
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5756
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8498
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 36749
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6667
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7141
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7682
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4465
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8610
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4644
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7720
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4757
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14899
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9245
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27395
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28356
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10609
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12562
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5512
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7310
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6273
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4372
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4189
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4286
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7283
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8313
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19303
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8381
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7162
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5363
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4343
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5942
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3835
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5222
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6652
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9632
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7254
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11567
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9133
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6080
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5852
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4472
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4983