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: 5248
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6366
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5033
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6335
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12789
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9101
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4560
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7034
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6124
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4244
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5960
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4461
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8405
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3795
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9999
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18264
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11694
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6568
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8909
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3874
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11304
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17226
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5694
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5408
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5225
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3720
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4019
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4033
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4668
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6914
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 32520
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5519
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5892
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6315
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3488
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7339
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3581
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6582
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3738
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9395
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6730
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22599
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23864
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8574
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9715
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4472
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5709
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5327
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3442
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3274
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3364
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6022
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5896
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15156
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7158
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5975
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4196
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3356
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4952
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 2897
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4121
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4527
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7592
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6031
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9982
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7421
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4664
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4097
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3385
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3874