The cool, damp conditions provide a home for many species of plants and animals. Below is a map of the habitats of Costa Rica's rainforests. In each of these habitats, there are different types of food. This diagram shows how plants and animals depend on each other for survival. Monkeys spend most of their time leaping around the trees of the the rainforests.
Rainforests are also very busy at night when different animals, called nocturnal animals, wake up.
Some of the sounds you would hear at night are frogs croaking,monkey hooting, and bats squeaking as they fly. Many different types of plants can be found in the rainforest. The plants live at different locations in the rainforest depending on their need for light and water. There is a wide variety of birds that make their home in the rainforest.