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: 7426
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9505
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7635
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9390
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18034
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13424
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7050
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9894
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8352
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6555
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8367
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6983
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16253
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6270
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15163
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22988
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14316
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8991
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13000
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6262
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16899
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23340
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8720
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7695
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7954
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5837
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6917
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6129
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7162
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9848
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 38862
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7634
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8152
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8753
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5535
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9885
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5850
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9123
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5760
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19213
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10711
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30362
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30235
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11920
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14311
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6614
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8590
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7196
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5323
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5075
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5125
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8308
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9408
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21797
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9423
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8560
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6916
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5423
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7120
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4652
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6249
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8314
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11388
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8220
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12829
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10552
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7573
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7222
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5701
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6717