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Jungle2Jungle

Director: John PasquinWriters: Bruce A. Evans and Raynold GideonDirector of Photography:Tony Pierce-RobertsEditor:Michael A. StevensonMusic:Michael ConvertinoProduction Designer:Stuart…

George of the Jungle

Director: Sam WeismanWriters: Dana Olsen and Audrey WellsDirector of Photography:Thomas AckermanEditors:Stuart Pappé and Roger BondelliMusic:Marc ShaimanProduction Designer:Stephen…

jungle

(Encyclopedia) jungle [Hindustani jangal=desert, forest; from Skt. jangala=wasteland, uncultivated land], densest form of tropical forest (usually second growth or later) found throughout tropical…

jungle fowl

(Encyclopedia) jungle fowl, common name for small, terrestrial wild fowl comprising four species in the genus Gallus. Most important of these is the red jungle fowl, which Charles Darwin determined…

Brewer's: King of the Jungle

(The). A tiger. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the PeakKing of the Herrings A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

trogon

(Encyclopedia) trogontrogontrōˈgŏn [key], family of tropical jungle birds related to the roadrunners and including the quetzal. Trogons are sedentary arboreal birds, 10 to 14 in. (25.4–35.6 cm) long…

Cape York Peninsula

(Encyclopedia) Cape York Peninsula, 280 mi (451 km) long, N Queensland, Australia, between the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea. It is largely…

Owen Stanley Range

(Encyclopedia) Owen Stanley Range, mountain chain, c.300 mi (480 km) long, SE Papua New Guinea, on New Guinea island. It rises to Mt. Victoria (13,363 ft/4,073 m). The region, drained by several…

Quiroga, Horacio

(Encyclopedia) Quiroga, HoracioQuiroga, Horacioôräˈsyō kērōˈgä [key], 1878–1937, Uruguayan short-story writer. Quiroga is considered a master of the short story. His work was deeply influenced by…