All you need to know about what constitutes a tropical rainforest
Here are some interesting facts you will find in this explainer on rainforests.
- What are the different layers of a rainforest?
- Are frogs found in a rainforest?
- Do snakes live in a rainforest?
- Who lives in a rainforest?
- What are the different layers of a rainforest?
- What is an emergent layer?
- What is the understory layer?
- What is the first layer of the rainforest?
This is a part of Sustain's Explained series on the Anatomy of a Rainforest. Watch the first of a three-part video here.
About the contributors
Nisarg Prakash
is a wildlife biologist working with Roundglass Sustain. A large part of my work before Sustain has been along streams and rivers, in the process trying to understand otters better
Diviya Mehra
is a graphic designer. She was the former art director of National Geographic Traveller. Her love for animals, travel and design has shaped her career through the years.
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