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: 6623
Animals of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8236
Animals of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6564
Animals of the Treetops Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8490
Animals of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16832
Animals that Glide Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12405
Ants and Plants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6227
Army Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8754
Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7626
Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5685
Birds of Paradise Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7463
Birds of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6125
Birds That Eat Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 14538
Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5327
Butterflies Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13844
Carnivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21909
Cats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13564
Climate of the Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7976
Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 12062
Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5404
Eagles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 15407
Epiphytes Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 21931
Ferns and Bromeliads Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7906
Figs and Fig Wasps Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6765
Flowers of the Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7066
Foliage of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5046
Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5875
Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5279
Giant Trees Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6070
Gibbons and Orangutans Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8880
Herbivores of the Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 37414
History of the Earth's Rainforests Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6879
Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7363
Insect Camouflage Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7926
Insect Colors Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4702
Insects That Carry Diseases Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8874
Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4930
Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7961
Leafcutter Ants Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4999
Lianas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 16099
Life in the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9663
Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 28261
Owls Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 29085
Parrots Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10922
Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 13109
Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5761
Pollination Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7618
Quetzals Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6500
Rainforest Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4589
Rainforest Dynamics Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4432
Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4497
Rainforest Floor Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7517
Rainforest Relationships Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8643
Rainforest Soil Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 20150
Rainforest Understory Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 8616
Rainforests of Africa Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7444
Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5661
Rainforests of the Americas Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4581
Reptiles and Amphibians Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6235
River Reptiles Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4045
Riverbank Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5453
Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7175
Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 10026
Termites Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 7541
Toucans and Hornbills Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 11869
Types of Tropical Rainforest Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 9483
Water Birds Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6515
Water Insects Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 6214
What is a Tropical Rainforest? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 4715
Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Written by Marcia Malory Hits: 5296