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: 4682
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5746
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4559
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5578
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11351
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6848
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4040
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5934
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5490
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3763
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5214
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3981
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6592
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3297
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8577
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16739
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10387
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5836
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7467
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3355
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9955
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14781
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4822
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4945
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4626
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3260
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3569
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3609
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4210
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6134
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29832
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5061
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4739
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5668
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3083
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6477
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3111
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5682
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3331
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7511
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5384
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20514
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20844
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7049
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8330
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3952
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4917
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4925
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3067
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2902
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2990
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5383
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5054
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12170
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6439
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5330
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3713
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2920
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4356
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2540
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3603
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3770
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6391
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5385
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8926
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6783
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4175
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3454
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2875
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3382