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: 7711
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9892
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7938
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9763
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18386
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13712
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7363
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10301
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8597
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6856
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8676
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7297
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16655
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6637
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15624
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23342
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14591
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9556
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13319
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6575
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17276
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23743
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8998
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7945
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8258
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6244
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7242
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6366
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7607
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10214
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 39268
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7977
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8434
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9056
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5849
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10286
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8747
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9601
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6009
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20123
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11015
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 31170
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30571
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12418
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14660
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6869
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8941
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7421
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5578
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5331
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5415
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8553
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9684
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22155
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9770
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8859
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7273
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5765
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7433
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4909
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6512
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8604
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11686
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8492
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13148
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10828
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7939
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7499
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6000
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7489