Fun Facts About Tropical Rainforests
- Covers less than 2 percent of the Earth's total surface area, rainforests are home to 50% of the Earth's plants and animals.
- Rainforests can be found all over the world from Alaska and Canada to Latin America, Asia and Africa.
- Found on every continent across the Earth except Antarctica.
- There are two major types of rainforest: temperate rainforests and tropical rainforests.
- The largest temperate rainforests are found on North America's Pacific Coast and stretch from Northern California up into Canada.
- Temperate rainforests used to exist on almost every continent in the world, but today only 50% — 75 million acres — of these forests remain worldwide.