Rants

According to the National Audubon Society, in the last 40 years, 20 common birds have lost over half their populations.

Four dolphins were shot to death outside Los Angeles between May 29 and June 5.

Raves

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team made a 60-watt light bulb glow by sending wireless energy up to seven feet from the source.

A rare Beal's four-eyed turtle hatched in the Tennessee Aquarium Thursday. It weighed 6 grams, was 38 millimeters long and is one of 18 turtles of its kind in the United States and Europe.