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Andre Smirnov of The Fast Lane Truck says, "The second-generation Toyota Tundra may just be the best truck ever created." Yet, he decided to sell his. He loves everything about it. The looks, the road ...

If you're buying a truck in the U.S. today, you've got more than just a few choices. Of course, there are the time-tested American options, such as the famous F-Series and GM options, but Toyota is ...

As tundra turned to grassland and animals poured across a temporary corridor from Europe, the first hunter gatherers returned to an Ireland still haunted by cold, caves, and predators. Then the seas ...

Arctic reindeer numbers could decline by 80% within 75 years due to global warming, say scientists. Santa may be looking for a new species to pull his sleigh as climate change is likely to cause ...

BIRDS. EACH YEAR, THE RICE FIELDS OF YUBA COUNTY HOST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TUNDRA SWANS. TUNDRA SWANS ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST NATIVE BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA, WEIGHING MORE THAN 20 POUNDS, WITH A FIVE ...

Large numbers of tundra swans are seen wintering at the Donggu Lake wetland in Yueyang, Hunan province, drawing crowds of visitors and photographers. [Photo by Zhou Yang/for chinadaily.com.cn] ...

It’s a great paradox that the sector that relies the most on biodiversity, agriculture, is also the greatest threat to the world’s most fragile ecosystems. The question isn’t how to just minimize the ...