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: 5698
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6938
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5543
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7254
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14281
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10839
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5100
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7760
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6782
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4775
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6557
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4938
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10240
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4247
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11454
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19793
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12628
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7112
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10590
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4368
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12488
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18710
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6599
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5823
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5805
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4170
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4550
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4423
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5090
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7500
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 34714
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5996
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6545
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6984
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3866
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7944
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4005
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7145
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4122
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11690
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8030
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25026
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 26063
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9895
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10713
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4869
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6341
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5710
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3797
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3597
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3712
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6634
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7051
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17381
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7791
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6580
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4657
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3762
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5375
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3270
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4550
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5374
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8585
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6588
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10781
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8204
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5088
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4745
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3799
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4297