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: 6627
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8243
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6566
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8490
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16844
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12410
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6232
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8757
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7629
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5688
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7467
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6133
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14567
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5331
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13848
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21924
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13566
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7980
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12066
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5408
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15425
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21936
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7909
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6768
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7072
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5048
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5877
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5281
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6074
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8886
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37434
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6885
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7366
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7928
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4705
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8878
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4939
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7973
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5003
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16116
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9667
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28276
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29097
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10925
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13116
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5765
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7624
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6505
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4594
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4436
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4500
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7519
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8647
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20162
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8619
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7447
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5662
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4588
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6241
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4048
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5455
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7179
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10029
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7544
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11873
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9490
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6517
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6218
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4721
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5302