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: 5397
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6614
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5233
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6670
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13526
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9978
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4779
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7270
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6444
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4458
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6174
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4670
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9131
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3955
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10750
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18934
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12119
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6837
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9749
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4065
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11813
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17845
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6035
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5554
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5496
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3884
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4196
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4194
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4851
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7134
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 33497
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5742
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6244
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6548
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3623
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7623
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3733
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6804
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3872
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10317
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7421
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23427
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 24857
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9260
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10112
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4630
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5983
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5479
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3566
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3394
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3502
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6309
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6344
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16217
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7412
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6284
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4366
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3500
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5131
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3034
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4275
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4827
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8064
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6217
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10312
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7748
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4833
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4330
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3549
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4034