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Photograph by Timothy G. Laman
Rain forest plants and trees often grow very close together, so some trees do interesting things to make sure their fruit has room to grow. For example, this fig tree in the Philippines grows fruit from its trunk instead of on its branches. -
Photograph by Dr. Darlyne A. Murawski
Rainbows arc above a rain forest in French Guiana. This rain forest contains more than 1,200 species of tree. -
Photograph by Timothy G. Laman
Trees blanket Taveuni Island in Fiji. Nearly half of the island nation of Fiji is covered with rain forest. -
Photograph by Mattias Klum
Looking up from a rain forest floor shows openings where sunlight gets through. Trees in the rain forest may look bunched together, but tall ones actually rarely touch. This may help them avoid spreading diseases and leaf-eating bugs. -
Photograph by Timothy G. Laman
Three rhinoceros hornbill birds perch high in the rain forest of Borneo, Indonesia. There are about 54 species of hornbills living in Africa and Asia. -
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
The muddy waters of the Los Amigos River wind like a huge snake through a rain forest in the Peruvian Amazon.
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