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: 5511
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6746
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5356
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6943
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13924
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10389
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4897
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7456
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6551
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4620
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6332
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4779
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9629
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4075
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11091
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19300
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12369
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6957
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10238
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4197
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12094
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18247
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6271
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5685
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5610
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4028
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4340
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4278
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4958
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7313
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 33985
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5844
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6382
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6750
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3728
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7760
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3846
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6979
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3980
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10856
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7737
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 24111
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25377
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9632
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10374
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4730
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6166
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5573
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3661
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3469
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3587
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6481
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6707
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16818
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7552
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6404
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4488
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3622
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5246
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3135
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4394
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4970
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8350
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6415
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10566
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7940
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4939
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4513
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3668
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4136