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: 6661
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8291
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6597
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8526
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16903
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12451
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6270
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8791
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7658
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5722
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7496
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6166
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14696
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5369
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13900
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21967
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13591
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8011
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12110
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5440
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15583
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21977
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7938
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6797
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7107
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5074
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5919
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5307
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6117
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8915
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37506
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6909
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7393
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7956
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4736
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8915
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4976
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8013
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5028
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16227
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9702
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28385
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29175
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10956
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13180
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5799
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7666
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6529
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4621
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4470
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4531
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7554
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8678
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20240
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8647
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7483
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5697
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4616
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6267
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4078
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5483
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7233
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10064
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7572
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11907
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9529
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6569
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6253
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4748
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5339