Watch: Jeff Bezos rushed by protester on stage at re:Mars conference

Shed no tears for Jeff Bezos. The Platonic ideal of an out-of-touch rich man was slightly inconvenienced Thursday when a protester confronted the billionaire king on stage at Amazon's re:Mars conference in Las Vegas. The protester, who was quickly ushered off…

These 15 ocean species have already gone extinct. A dozen others will probably disappear in our lifetime.

The planet is experiencing a mass extinction — the sixth time in Earth's history that a wide swath of species are seeing a major collapse in their populations. Human activities are to blame: p ollution, farming, and deforestation are destroying natural habita…

Combining his love of nature with his skills in animal photography, 21-year-old Ossi Saarinencaptures the many wild forest creatures living in Finland’s mystical woodlands.

Combining his love of nature with his skills in animal photography, 21-year-old Ossi Saarinencaptures the many wild forest creatures living in Finland’s mystical woodlands.

Facebook still a great place to amplify pre-election junk news, EU study finds – TechCrunch

Facebook still a great place to amplify pre-election junk news, EU study finds
A study carried out by academics at Oxford University to investigate how junk news is being shared on social media in Europe ahead of regional elections this month has found individual stories shared on Facebook’s platform can still hugely outperform the most…

Students walk out in global climate strike

School students walk out in global climate strike
Protests are under way in Australia and New Zealand but students from 110 countries are expected to participate.

UN study says humans are damaging nature at 'unprecedented' rate

You probably weren't expecting a feel-good nature report from the UN after its alarming findings on climate change, and you won't get one. The organization's Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has publishe…

Scientists Say Octopus Farms Would Be 'Unethical' and Awful for the Planet

I still remember the first time I tasted octopus. After an exhausting day reporting the troubles in Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria, Gizmodo video producer Raúl Marrero and I headed to a seaside restaurant where I tried ensalada de pulpo as an appetizer. It …