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: 4303
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5279
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4223
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5141
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10259
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5281
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3620
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5321
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4830
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3482
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4724
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3621
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5799
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2975
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7650
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15710
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9279
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5251
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6695
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3027
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7385
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12208
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4328
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4501
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4273
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2929
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3293
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3379
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3819
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5524
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28304
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4687
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4059
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5083
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2867
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5705
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2854
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4678
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3081
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6497
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4340
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18845
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18245
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6350
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7370
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3543
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4315
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4657
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2738
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2670
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2798
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4892
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4305
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10233
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5857
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4962
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3419
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2607
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3785
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2268
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3193
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3295
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5568
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4787
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8049
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6251
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3917
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3064
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2554
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3067