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: 3607
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4589
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3607
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4392
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8212
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3974
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3062
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4457
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3949
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3024
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3933
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3011
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4710
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2467
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6140
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14011
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7649
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4299
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5576
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2490
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5224
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10378
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3546
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3753
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3547
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2284
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2624
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2776
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3170
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4696
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 25437
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3988
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3394
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4176
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2413
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4489
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2342
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3217
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2571
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5279
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3047
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15408
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14112
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5513
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5766
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2878
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3473
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4163
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2111
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2218
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2282
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4123
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3406
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7566
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4700
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4350
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2939
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 1981
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2885
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 1807
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2647
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2556
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4336
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3927
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6587
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5345
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3441
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2383
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 1953
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2467