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: 5349
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6551
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5187
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6559
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13387
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9693
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4719
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7185
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6375
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4395
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6101
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4621
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8938
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3904
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10578
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18723
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11982
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6766
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9466
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4006
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11628
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17716
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5946
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5509
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5409
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3840
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4143
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4151
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4785
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7082
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 33240
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5679
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6151
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6478
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3576
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7560
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3684
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6755
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3821
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10072
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7244
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23215
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 24578
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9120
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10015
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4573
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5926
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5432
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3516
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3347
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3459
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6239
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6195
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16018
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7334
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6217
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4293
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3446
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5088
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2991
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4220
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4750
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7968
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6153
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10218
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7658
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4779
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4265
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3498
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3993