A look at the vast, arid lands in the heart of Asia. These deserts and dry grasslands are so hostile that they push life to the limit. The animals that live here are some of the earth's toughest.

The Thunder Bay, Ontario native was traded to the Avs on Dec. 9 by the San Jose Sharks with forward Givani Smith and a 2027 fifth-round draft pick for Alexandar Georgiev, forward Nikolai Kovalenko and ...