A recent study quantifies the impact of biodiversity loss on ecological functions by tracking energy flows within them. It found that declines in birds and small mammals have led to a significant ...

ABSTRACT: Multi-objective optimization remains a significant and realistic problem in engineering. A trade-off among conflicting objectives subject to equality and inequality constraints is known as ...

Quinn Buckner is one of only eight players in history of the game to win the Triple Crown – an NCAA title, an NBA title and an Olympic gold medal. While he never reached the legendary status of names ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a modified bird swarm algorithm, which introduces levy flight strategy and sorting into bird swarm algorithm (LSBSA). The levy flight strategy ensures initial swarm ...

The USDA ordered nationwide testing after multiple states confirmed the virus was present in dairy cattle. Minnesota reported nine cases last year. A dairy cow on a southwest Minnesota farm. Minnesota ...

There's a familiar TV discourse taking shape online right now, the kind that I suspect will look awfully familiar to you if you remember the way Game of Thrones crashed and burned in its eighth and ...

Spotted a flash of green in the Houston suburbs? It might have been a monk parakeet, an invasive species that has been flying around in Texas for nearly 50 years. Here’s what you should know about our ...

Area paddlers can disappear into a mystical, magical swamp that's close to home. That is, when conditions are right. Ample rain most springs brings high water to Beaver Lake, filling it to the brim.

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The image on the right is the last known photograph of the tooth-billed pigeon, taken by Moeumu Uili in December 2013. Credit: Sarah Gillett / Colossal; Moeumu Uili / Colossal The Colossal Foundation ...