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: 6538
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8068
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6466
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8390
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16577
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12252
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6121
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8653
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7530
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5583
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7361
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5963
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14020
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5206
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13560
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21697
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13456
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7868
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11937
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5285
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14902
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21759
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7771
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6652
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6946
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4933
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5744
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5188
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5930
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8734
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37188
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6783
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7279
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7832
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4611
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8763
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4789
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7831
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4901
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15580
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9483
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27885
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28748
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10758
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12911
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5659
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7500
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6405
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4490
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4340
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4417
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7412
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8515
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19861
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8518
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7320
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5527
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4489
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6138
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3959
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5358
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6949
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9867
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7413
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11742
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9349
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6351
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6065
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4607
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5167