A large area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was vacated as a result of the accident that shocked the world in 1986 was called the "exclusion zone". At that time, Chernobyl and its ...

The Ukrainian town of Pripyat has been left to decay for nearly four decades after it was abandoned overnight after the 1986 ...

"Life is returning to Pripyat," said Yaroslav Yemelyanenko, founder of the Chernobyl Hub. "It is unusual, irregular and touristic. Every day, the once deserted town is filled with tourists from ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

Microscopic worms that live in Chernobyl’s radioactive exclusion ... Since then, the area around the plant and the nearby town of Pripyat in Ukraine has been a strict no-go zone.

open image in gallery Photograph shows a dog in the ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (AFP via Getty) Scientists have been studying dog populations near the nuclear ...

A 95-year-old woman, who survived some of history's most catastrophic events, died last week after she was hit by a vehicle in Brooklyn.

The Westport Chernobyl Outreach Group intends to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster later this month ...