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: 5114
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6225
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4931
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6151
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12358
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8570
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4455
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6728
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5986
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4149
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5796
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4333
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7939
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3665
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9615
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17913
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11463
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6441
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8470
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3746
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11006
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16835
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5479
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5298
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5067
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3629
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3916
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3932
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4580
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6739
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 31826
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5424
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5696
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6167
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3408
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7173
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3469
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6395
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3652
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8811
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6425
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22051
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23273
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8219
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9372
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4358
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5591
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5241
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3366
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3202
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3285
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5899
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5711
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14421
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7001
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5786
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4065
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3259
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4851
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2811
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4010
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4341
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7326
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5902
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9749
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7272
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4564
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3949
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3290
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3779