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: 4538
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5560
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4445
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5426
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11007
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6173
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3867
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5720
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5250
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3636
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5014
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3861
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6276
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3166
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8285
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16375
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10020
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5625
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7187
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3230
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9551
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13890
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4624
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4773
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4491
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3136
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3461
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3516
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4078
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5897
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29314
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4920
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4427
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5413
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3004
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6190
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3047
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5356
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3243
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7126
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5035
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19858
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19849
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6768
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7999
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3801
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4691
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4833
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2949
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2819
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2906
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5210
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4797
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11431
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6241
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5181
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3607
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2810
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4160
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2453
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3454
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3605
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6064
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5180
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8617
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6596
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4094
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3305
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2733
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3260