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: 5136
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6263
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4949
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6184
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12443
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8720
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4481
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6819
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6011
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4174
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5839
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4353
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8064
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3692
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9696
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18035
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11525
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6475
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8577
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3768
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11085
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16948
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5529
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5321
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5099
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3650
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3938
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3966
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4597
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6795
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 32048
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5439
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5727
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6194
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3419
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7213
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3491
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6442
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3668
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8963
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6493
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22198
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23440
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8290
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9467
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4377
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5617
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5257
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3381
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3218
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3301
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5916
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5770
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14633
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7025
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5823
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4095
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3278
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4871
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2823
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4030
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4396
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7384
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5929
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9827
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7297
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4583
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3984
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3303
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3796