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: 4744
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5827
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4615
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5662
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11511
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7088
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4097
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6044
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5579
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3818
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5306
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4035
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6732
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3344
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8675
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16901
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10538
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5920
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7600
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3417
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10137
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15232
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4910
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5002
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4702
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3335
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3620
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3659
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4259
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6204
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30063
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5128
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4897
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5757
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3134
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6632
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3170
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5792
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3371
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7700
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5518
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20727
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21331
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7199
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8465
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4007
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4998
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4970
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3123
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2939
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3025
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5483
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5155
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12516
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6526
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5392
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3761
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2974
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4452
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2577
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3654
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3874
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6525
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5499
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9057
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6860
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4239
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3542
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2943
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3466