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: 5565
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6820
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5427
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7073
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14076
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10610
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4967
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7598
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6641
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4657
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6403
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4831
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9768
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4122
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11242
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19411
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12502
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7003
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10380
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4258
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12242
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18463
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6372
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5730
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5665
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4075
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4393
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4330
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5003
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7358
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 34214
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5886
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6429
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6845
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3768
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7814
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3896
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7045
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4023
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11194
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7858
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 24430
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25686
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9721
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10498
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4774
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6229
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5613
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3700
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3502
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3623
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6526
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6844
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17055
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7638
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6489
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4548
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3680
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5291
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3173
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4440
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5086
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8468
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6480
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10647
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8040
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4989
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4581
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3710
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4180