A Ferris wheel at an abandoned amusement park in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine. Pe3check/Getty. Despite the radioactivity, it used to be possible for tourists to visit the zone.

Researchers are pictured on site at Chernobyl, assessing the impact of the Russian occupation. Greenpeace. One Russian camp had levels measuring 200 to 500 CPS (counts per second).

EL MUNDO gains access to the mysterious Duga radar, the secret installation next to the Chernobyl plant, which has been ...

Wolves in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone are being exposed to upwards of 11.28 millirem of radiation per day – six times the legal safety limit of radiation for humans, according to the study.

Evolution seems to have sped up near Chernobyl, ... They found that critters in the preserve now range in coloration from pitch-black to forest green, as images from the researchers show.

Evolution occurs as species adapt to environmental pressures, and few environments exert pressures like the Chernobyl exclusion zone. A new study shows evolution in action as frogs within the ...

In April 1986, Chernobyl was the scene of a major nuclear reactor disaster that released the largest amount of nuclear radiation into the environment in history.

The destruction of uranium enrichment sites that support Iran's nuclear program would not likely have severe environmental ...

Wild animals have free range around northern Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, which spread radiation throughout the region in 1986.. Studies ...

More than a disaster area, much of the 1,000-square-mile Chernobyl exclusion zone, where access is strictly limited, resembles a storybook forest, with snowcapped pine trees and small villages.

The Chernobyl and Joker composer’s new project leans on self-built instruments - and the brutal vocal textures of Rully ...

Our work reveals that Chernobyl tree frogs have a much darker colouration than frogs captured in control areas outside the zone. As we found out in 2016, some are pitch-black.