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05, Feb, 2012

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.

1 Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Jonathan Malory 1684
2 Animals of the Canopy Marcia Malory 2355
3 Animals of the Rainforest Marcia Malory 1616
4 Animals of the Treetops Marcia Malory 1750
5 Animals of the Understory Marcia Malory 2690
6 Animals that Glide Marcia Malory 1119
7 Ants and Plants Marcia Malory 1107
8 Army Ants Marcia Malory 1966
9 Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants Marcia Malory 1362
10 Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest Marcia Malory 1036
11 Birds of Paradise Marcia Malory 1305
12 Birds of the Rainforest Marcia Malory 942
13 Birds That Eat Insects Marcia Malory 1548
14 Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock Marcia Malory 788
15 Butterflies Marcia Malory 2024
16 Carnivores of the Rainforest Marcia Malory 6347
17 Cats Marcia Malory 2239
18 Climate of the Rainforests Marcia Malory 1496
19 Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor Marcia Malory 2043
20 Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Marcia Malory 858
21 Eagles Marcia Malory 1886
22 Epiphytes Marcia Malory 1901
23 Ferns and Bromeliads Marcia Malory 1303
24 Figs and Fig Wasps Marcia Malory 1419
25 Flowers of the Understory Marcia Malory 1170
26 Foliage of the Canopy Marcia Malory 814
27 Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor Marcia Malory 918
28 Fruit Bats and Flower Bats Marcia Malory 800
29 Giant Trees Jonathan Malory 1250
30 Gibbons and Orangutans Marcia Malory 1427
31 Herbivores of the Rainforest Jonathan Malory 9468
32 History of the Earth's Rainforests Marcia Malory 1604
33 Hummingbirds and Sunbirds Marcia Malory 1275
34 Insect Camouflage Marcia Malory 1521
35 Insect Colors Marcia Malory 768
36 Insects That Carry Diseases Marcia Malory 1253
37 Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous Marcia Malory 708
38 Layers of the Tropical Rainforest Marcia Malory 810
39 Leafcutter Ants Marcia Malory 727
40 Lianas Marcia Malory 1744
41 Life in the Tropical Rainforest Marcia Malory 692
42 Monkeys with Prehensile Tails Marcia Malory 2781
43 Owls Marcia Malory 1912
44 Parrots Marcia Malory 2159
45 Plants - Climbers and Stranglers Marcia Malory 1267
46 Plants of the Tropical Rainforest Marcia Malory 834
47 Pollination Marcia Malory 1209
48 Quetzals Marcia Malory 754
49 Rainforest Canopy Marcia Malory 643
50 Rainforest Dynamics Marcia Malory 778
51 Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure Jonathan Malory 960
52 Rainforest Floor Marcia Malory 1455
53 Rainforest Relationships Jonathan Malory 772
54 Rainforest Soil Marcia Malory 2769
55 Rainforest Understory Marcia Malory 2146
56 Rainforests of Africa Marcia Malory 2355
57 Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia Jonathan Malory 1171
58 Rainforests of the Americas Marcia Malory 625
59 Reptiles and Amphibians Marcia Malory 685
60 River Reptiles Marcia Malory 546
61 Riverbank Marcia Malory 930
62 Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy Marcia Malory 847
63 Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest Marcia Malory 1114
64 Termites Marcia Malory 1328
65 Toucans and Hornbills Marcia Malory 1846
66 Types of Tropical Rainforest Marcia Malory 2306
67 Water Birds Marcia Malory 1112
68 Water Insects Marcia Malory 806
69 What is a Tropical Rainforest? Marcia Malory 662
70 Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? Marcia Malory 828
 
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