Tropical Rain-forests specifically those in Central Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia are considered the most diverse areas in the world with over half of animal species in the world as well as countless fauna calling these areas home even these forests cover less than 7% of the Earth's land mass.
For this reason Tropical Rain-forests are usually called the Cradle of life/biodiversity and surpass any other environment when it comes to biodiversity. Even the second which are Coral Reefs are known as Tropical Rain-forests of the sea which is a nod to just how diverse these forests are.
At the equator, the sun is directly overhead at noon on these two equinoxes. the nearly equal hours of day and night is due to the refraction of sunlight or bending of lights Ray's that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of sun is below the horizon.
