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: 6540
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8073
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: 16594
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12258
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6124
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8653
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7531
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5588
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7364
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5971
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: 13566
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21707
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: 5288
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14923
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21766
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7775
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6656
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6952
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4937
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5747
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5190
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5934
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8742
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37202
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6785
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7282
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: 4794
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: 15609
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9487
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 27907
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28760
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10762
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12919
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5665
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7503
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6409
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4493
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4343
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: 7327
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5532
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4492
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6142
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 3962
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5359
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6955
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9870
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7419
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11751
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9356
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6356
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: 5170