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: 6521
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8026
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6441
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: 6071
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8628
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7504
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5553
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7333
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5937
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13921
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: 14798
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21698
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7733
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6601
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6917
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4909
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5695
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5170
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5900
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8694
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37102
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: 4585
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8733
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4757
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: 15480
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9434
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27765
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28701
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10732
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: 6382
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4468
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4317
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4390
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: 8496
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7289
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: 6111
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3936
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5337
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6920
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9827
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7369
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11683
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9289
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6314
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: 5132