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Bangkok

(Encyclopedia) Bangkok Bangkok băngˈkŏkˌ [key], Thai Krung Thep, city (2021 est. pop. 10,539,000…

gorilla

(Encyclopedia) gorilla, an ape, genus Gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. The two gorilla species are the western, comprising the western…

chimpanzee

(Encyclopedia) chimpanzee, an ape, genus Pan, of the equatorial forests of central and W Africa. Smaller populations are also found in the savannas of the same regions. The common chimpanzee, Pan…

Galápagos Islands

(Encyclopedia) Galápagos Islands Galápagos Islands gəlăpˈəgōs [key] [Span.,=tortoises], archipelago and province, 3,…

Rainforests

Tropical rainforests are found in Asia, Africa, South America, Central America, and on many of the Pacific islands. They are often found along the equator. Almost half of the world's…

Larry Hagman Biography

Larry Hagman(Larry Hageman)actorBorn: 9/21/1931Birthplace: Weatherford, Texas The man who will forever be known as J. R. Ewing actually had a prolific stage and television long before the shifty oil…

Elbridge Gerry: Reply to "A Landholder," I

Reply to "A Landholder," IElbridge Gerryby Elbridge Gerry You are desired to inform the publick from good authority, that Mr. GERRY, by giving his dissent to the proposed Constitution,…

Spotlight on Bats

Mysterious Mammals on the Fly Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   ECHOLOCATION Although bats have relatively good eyesight, most depend on their superbly developed…

John Donne: Prayer XX. Id agunt.

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who having married man and woman together, and made them one flesh, wouldst have them also to become one soul, so as that they might maintain…

Wild America

Director: William DearWriter: David Michael WiegerDirector of Photography:David BurrEditor:O. Nicholas BrownMusic:Joel McNeelyProduction Designer:Steven JordanProducers:James G. Robinson,…