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: 7752
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9976
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7978
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9821
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18433
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13768
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7413
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10370
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8633
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6927
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8718
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7347
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16707
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6685
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15675
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23384
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14644
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9635
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13362
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6612
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17351
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23860
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9041
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7991
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8313
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6290
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7288
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6397
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7682
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10281
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 39314
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8034
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8478
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9094
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5894
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10346
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8792
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9660
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6045
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20231
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11074
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 31354
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30626
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12484
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14728
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6905
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8993
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7466
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5610
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5368
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5450
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8589
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9735
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22224
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9901
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8903
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7331
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5822
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7477
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4986
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6563
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8640
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11736
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8529
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13207
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10871
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7988
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7539
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6043
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7754