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: 4776
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5869
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4647
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5710
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11577
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7276
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4140
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6089
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5620
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3848
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5350
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4072
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6797
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3371
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8729
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17022
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10639
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5972
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7655
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3444
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10223
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15465
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4956
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5028
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4728
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3358
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3646
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3691
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4296
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6243
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30207
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5156
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4988
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5799
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3162
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6696
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3194
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5842
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3394
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7780
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5597
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20832
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21583
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7361
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8550
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4040
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5066
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5003
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3146
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2958
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3052
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5528
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5197
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12764
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6562
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5428
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3784
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3006
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4496
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2590
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3675
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3922
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6589
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5541
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9108
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6904
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4273
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3579
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3003
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3505