Scientists are still debating how long-term radiation exposure may or may not be impacting the genomes of surviving creatures and their offspring in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the sealed-off ...

Decades after the Chernobyl disaster, scientists have discovered that wolves are not only surviving but thriving in the ...

Residents were evacuated, and many areas remain off-limits due to lingering contamination. Despite these challenges, animals continued to roam the area, forming populations that today provide unique ...

In the case of the Chernobyl dogs, scientists looked for mutations that could be linked to radiation exposure, but they found no significant ones. This research helps us understand how animals adapt ...

A view of the containment vessel that protects the remains of reactor number four at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant and built to contain radiation, after a drone attack in Chernobyl ...

Chernobyl was the site of the world's worst civil nuclear catastrophe when one of its four reactors exploded in 1986. That reactor is now enclosed by a shelter to contain the lingering radiation.