My Parents Told Me I’d Never Own a Home, Now They Want to Move In

Sometimes the toughest battles we face aren’t at work or out in the world. They happen within our own families. When labels, favoritism, and jealousy take hold, the people we expect to support us can become the first to doubt us. One of our readers, Shaila (34, F), shared a painful dilemma with us. Did she make the right choice? We’ll letContinue Reading

Mongabay’s most popular stories of 2025

In 2025, Mongabay published more than 7,300 stories across eight languages and expects to reach over 110 million unique readers, reflecting both the scale of its newsroom and the continued appetite for evidence-based environmental reporting. Large audiences, however, are not a proxy for impact: stories traveled widely for many reasons,Continue Reading

Murena taking pre-orders for the Hiroh smartphone powered by /e/OS, a privacy-focused version of Android 16

The Hiroh privacy phone with hardware kill switch is powered by Murena’s /e/OS Android 16 stripped of data-collecting code. (Image source: Hiroh) Murena has started taking pre-orders for the Hiroh privacy phone. The privacy-first device has a physical hardware kill switch for the camera and microphone, and comes with anContinue Reading