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: 6522
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8027
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6443
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8363
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16514
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12188
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6072
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8628
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7505
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5553
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7334
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5937
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13922
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5183
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13505
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21639
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13425
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7842
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11904
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5264
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14800
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21699
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7734
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6601
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6918
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4909
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5696
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5170
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5901
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8695
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37104
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6763
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7254
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7800
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4586
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8733
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4758
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7813
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4876
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15482
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9435
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27767
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28702
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10733
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12839
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5637
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7446
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6383
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4469
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4317
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4391
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7383
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8476
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19768
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8497
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7290
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5505
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4462
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6112
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3938
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5338
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6921
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9828
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7369
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11684
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9290
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6315
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6032
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4579
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5134