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: 6489
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7984
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6403
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8330
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16405
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12131
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6016
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8605
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7476
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5509
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7297
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5894
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13739
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5152
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13430
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21573
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13398
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7814
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11848
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5230
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14586
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21606
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7704
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6571
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6878
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4878
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5630
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5141
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5855
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8636
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37014
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6739
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7227
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7771
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4556
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8696
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4729
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7787
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4846
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15327
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9374
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27676
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28634
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10689
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12783
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5607
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7409
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6354
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4437
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4285
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4361
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7353
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8441
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 19657
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8467
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7253
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5453
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4428
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6043
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3904
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5304
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6826
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9760
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7336
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11646
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9249
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6235
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5997
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4552
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5092