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: 7792
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10018
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8006
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9875
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18463
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13830
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7445
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10412
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8690
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6968
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8753
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7375
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16742
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6742
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15707
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23411
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14678
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9674
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13408
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6639
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17389
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23906
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9068
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8017
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8340
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6322
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7319
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6424
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7721
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10312
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 39348
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8062
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8499
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9120
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5947
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10372
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8815
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9692
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6070
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20277
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11108
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 31424
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30695
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12549
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14758
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6928
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9018
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7484
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5638
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5399
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5490
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8615
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9764
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22255
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9943
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8939
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7376
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5861
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7509
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5041
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6595
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8673
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11766
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8553
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13239
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10900
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8012
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7567
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6066
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7838