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: 5063
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6151
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4879
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6059
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12226
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8361
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4398
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6583
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5928
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4091
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5705
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4272
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7630
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3607
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9393
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17722
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11314
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6347
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8256
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3688
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10861
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16620
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5378
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5240
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5009
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3570
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3856
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3881
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4532
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6634
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 31497
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5378
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5636
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6109
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3350
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7072
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3416
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6310
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3604
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8562
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6321
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21785
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23012
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8088
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9181
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4303
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5453
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5195
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3318
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3153
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3232
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5813
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5638
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14000
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6922
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5724
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4003
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3216
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4780
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2772
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3962
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4258
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7225
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5850
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9596
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7187
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4519
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3867
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3245
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3730