Tropical rainforest biome plants exhibit a wide variety of adaptations. Most rainforest trees are evergreens. Many have a thick waxy layer on their leaves to reduce water loss due to the intense sunlight in the emergent and canopy layers. Some tree leaves turn sideways to the sunlight to reduc...
A tropical rainforest is a luxuriant forest found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands near the Equator. Tropical rainforests are dominated by broad-leaved trees that form a dense upper canopy and contain a wide array of vegetation and other life. Worldw
Our human family has deleted fifty percent of our unique enrichment of tropical rainforest. Our reality is presently confronting the best eradication emergency since the fall of the dinosaur’s sixty five million years prior. The eventual fate of more than fifty percent of Earth’s plants and cr...
About half of all known species of plants and animals live in the tropical rainforest. There are some tropical rainforests that have been around since dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Most of the animals living in the tropical rainforest live in the trees. There they can find all of their nec...
Tropical rainforests are among the world's most important ecosystems for they role they play in sustaining life on the planet. From the Amazon to the Congo, every rainforest has a unique assemblage of plants, animals, and people. Below are 10 quick up-to-date facts about tropical rainforests...
Facts about the Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is a unique ecosystem, that is often called the "lung of the earth". The largest area of tropical forest on our planet, the Amazonas houses masses of trees and is rich with plants that provide oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide (CO2)....
Rainforest, luxuriant forest, generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator. Rainforests usually occur in regions where there is a high annual rainfall of generally more than 1,80
Tropical rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler ABOUT THE RAINFOREST (SUMMARY) Chapter 1: RAINFOREST DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS Each rainforest is unique, but there are certain features common to all tropical rainforests. Location: rainforests lie in the tropics. ...
Rainforests play an invaluable role in sustaining life, but every year large portions of them are cut down for logging, mining, and cattle ranches.
9.Veiled stinkhorn fungi, found in tropical rainforests, smell like rotting food! 10.TheKorowai peopleof New Guinea live in tree houses as high as45m off the ground! 11. Aquarter of ingredients in modern medicinescome from rainforest plants. ...