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: 6579
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8147
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6518
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8438
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16711
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12324
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6180
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8701
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7576
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5635
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7418
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6058
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14278
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5270
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13700
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21796
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13519
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7929
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11998
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5355
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15204
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21843
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7842
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6699
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7005
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4983
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5807
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5233
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6015
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8819
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37297
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6834
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7322
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7879
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4655
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8821
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4872
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7902
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4954
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15854
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9570
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28096
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28957
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10839
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13004
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5717
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7562
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6453
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4536
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4387
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4457
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7462
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8590
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20037
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8570
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7392
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5592
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4535
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6192
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4001
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5403
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7085
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9925
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7474
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11816
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9413
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6443
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6145
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4653
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5234