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: 5486
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6708
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5321
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6858
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13794
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10245
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4867
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7411
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6534
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4569
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6272
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4754
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9489
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4050
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10996
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19208
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12260
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6928
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10147
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4170
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12006
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18132
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6187
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5637
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5585
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3986
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4314
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4258
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4932
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7273
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 33815
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5820
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6361
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6664
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3711
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7741
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3819
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6937
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3954
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10704
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7643
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23864
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25242
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9513
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10313
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4707
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6084
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5541
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3636
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3454
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3569
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6433
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6566
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16657
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7514
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6381
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4463
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3594
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5222
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3107
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4365
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4940
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8265
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6355
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10499
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7867
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4910
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4467
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3638
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4118