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: 5457
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6673
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5289
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6771
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13695
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10154
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4836
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7327
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6493
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4526
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6238
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4720
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9390
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4014
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10893
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19086
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12188
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6894
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10014
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4129
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11945
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18021
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6145
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5614
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5549
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3957
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4285
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4237
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4908
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7220
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 33665
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5798
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6312
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6630
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3685
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7688
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3787
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6860
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3923
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10527
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7562
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23717
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25101
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9427
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10231
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4673
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6042
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5521
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3614
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3434
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3545
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6386
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6470
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16487
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7474
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6336
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4422
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3548
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5181
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3079
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4329
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4878
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8172
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6285
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10409
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7822
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4883
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4410
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3607
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4095