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: 5316
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6485
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5137
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6484
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13205
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9512
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4651
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7140
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6284
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4327
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6059
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4578
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8772
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3867
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10391
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18571
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11907
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6680
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9278
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3945
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11531
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17572
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5882
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5483
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5358
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3803
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4102
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4130
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4728
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7044
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 33009
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5624
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6071
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6417
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3543
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7491
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3651
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6721
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3792
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9897
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7044
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23023
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 24311
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8966
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9911
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4534
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5860
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5395
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3488
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3319
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3420
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6156
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6084
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15769
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7280
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6138
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4258
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3416
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5036
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2966
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4195
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4681
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7846
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6114
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10173
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7568
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4739
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4212
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3458
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3939