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: 4617
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5653
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4508
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5500
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11171
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6468
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3969
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5838
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5372
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3712
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5120
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3928
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6432
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3241
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8429
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16520
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10202
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5733
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7325
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3301
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9798
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14250
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4724
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4850
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4552
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3198
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3517
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3568
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4149
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6016
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29525
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4987
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4583
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5542
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3047
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6341
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3085
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5522
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3294
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7310
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5201
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20171
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20281
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6890
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8171
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3885
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4789
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4880
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3009
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2866
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2952
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5301
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4923
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11729
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6326
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5260
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3653
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2863
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4248
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2500
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3524
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3676
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6216
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5291
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8786
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6698
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4139
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3382
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2805
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3321