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: 6541
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8074
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6473
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8396
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16595
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12259
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6125
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8654
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7533
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5588
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7365
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5972
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14043
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5209
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13567
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21708
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13460
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7875
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11941
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5289
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14925
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21767
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7776
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6656
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6953
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4937
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5748
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5191
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5935
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8742
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37203
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6785
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7283
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7838
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4614
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8764
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4795
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7836
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4907
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15611
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9488
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27907
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28760
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10763
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12920
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5666
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7503
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6410
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4495
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4344
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4420
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7415
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8523
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19877
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8523
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7328
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5533
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4492
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6143
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3963
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5360
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6956
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9871
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7420
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11751
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9357
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6357
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6072
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4611
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5171