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: 5288
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6419
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5078
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6415
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13058
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9343
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4590
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7085
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6209
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4284
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6014
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4530
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8571
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3835
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10243
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18444
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11809
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6624
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9109
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3918
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11429
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17427
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5803
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5459
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5300
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3763
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4066
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4106
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4690
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6976
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 32803
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5584
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6002
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6364
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3515
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7406
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3610
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6672
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3763
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9686
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6884
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22852
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 24128
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8804
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9825
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4496
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5778
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5356
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3465
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3295
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3393
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6107
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5977
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15518
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7232
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6046
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4219
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3390
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4987
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2931
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4154
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4624
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7731
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6086
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10106
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7505
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4706
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4165
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3416
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3903