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: 4575
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5601
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4480
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5466
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11078
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6334
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3919
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5777
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5306
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3676
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5073
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3897
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6352
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3196
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8346
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16437
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10108
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5682
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7255
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3264
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9685
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14067
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4666
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4812
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4517
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3167
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3493
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3543
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4119
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5948
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29402
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4953
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4511
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5479
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3023
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6263
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3067
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5429
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3270
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7198
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5098
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20009
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20061
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6831
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8091
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3849
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4735
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4863
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2979
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2848
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2932
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5259
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4864
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11556
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6284
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5219
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3633
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2838
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4203
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2479
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3491
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3644
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6130
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5233
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8709
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6649
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4119
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3343
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2774
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3294