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: 4911
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5998
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4758
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5887
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11931
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7811
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4262
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6301
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5767
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3944
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5496
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4178
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7233
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3475
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9028
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17411
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10970
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6156
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7970
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3541
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10541
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16213
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5140
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5118
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4870
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3442
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3730
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3786
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4399
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6410
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30979
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5278
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5325
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5939
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3251
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6895
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3260
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6082
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3487
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8123
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6001
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21313
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22361
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7761
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8838
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4172
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5236
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5080
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3211
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3050
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3133
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5668
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5445
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13386
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6736
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5540
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3865
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3099
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4630
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2667
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3791
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4090
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6916
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5706
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9301
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7020
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4391
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3722
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3124
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3613