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: 7659
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9814
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7847
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9668
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 18314
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13651
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7307
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10220
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8559
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6799
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8619
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7253
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16598
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6579
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15565
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23273
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14530
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9414
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13242
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6527
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 17193
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 23665
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8938
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7893
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8192
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6151
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7160
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6326
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7482
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10121
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 39204
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7923
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8378
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8998
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5793
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10211
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8695
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9531
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5962
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19958
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10953
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30985
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 30508
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12352
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14589
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6819
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8881
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7379
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5532
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5288
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5374
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8505
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9616
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 22084
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9665
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8799
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7161
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5653
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7373
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4865
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6459
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8552
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11621
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8429
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13071
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10786
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7871
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7438
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5949
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7345