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: 4206
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5181
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4133
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5038
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9986
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5072
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3533
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5195
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4709
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3416
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4607
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3533
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5680
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2900
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7437
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15497
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9072
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5119
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6552
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2926
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6363
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11943
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4221
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4407
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4178
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2844
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3183
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3323
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3733
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5388
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27957
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4595
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3975
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4961
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2800
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5543
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2770
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4369
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3004
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6319
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4171
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18511
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17842
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6226
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7155
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3474
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4189
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4565
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2652
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2603
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2736
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4802
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4178
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9866
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5733
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4863
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3353
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2529
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3666
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2203
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3110
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3179
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5405
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4638
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7900
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6108
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3862
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2965
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2476
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2986