Because the Chernobyl dogs are evolving differently, it would stand to reason that other animals within the exclusion zone are also. Whether this will help or hinder future generations of these ...

How Some Animals Can Survive—and Even Thrive—After Being Exposed to Nuclear Radiation Nearly 40 years of research into the contaminated area around Chernobyl is providing some clues.

The Chernobyl disaster happened on April 26, 1986. The city of Pripyat was evacuated, but animals remained in the area. Over 35 years later, some species have thrived, others have been severely ...

As the world’s greatest nuclear disaster approaches its 40th anniversary, biologists are now taking a closer look at the animals located inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), which is about ...

The explosion of the Chernobyl reactor in 1986 left a large area around the plant uninhabitable by humans because of lingering nuclear radiation. However, animals, like feral dogs, have continued ...

Nearly 30 years ago, in April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine failed spectacularly when a series of power surges led to catastrophic explosions and fires. The result was the ...

Microscopic worms in Chernobyl remain unscathed despite having been long exposed to radiation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Three decades after the Chernobyl disaster—the world's worst nuclear accident—signs of life are returning to the exclusion zone. Wild animals in Chernobyl are flourishing within the contaminated ...

The site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine has been surrounded for more than three decades by a 1,000-square-mile (2,600-square-kilometer) exclusion zone that keeps people out.

Chernobyl seems like a wasteland, but in reality nature has reclaimed much of the region. Some animals have even thrived.

Radiation has affected animals living near the site of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear disaster far more than was previously thought, a study showed Wednesday, challenging beliefs that local wildlife ...

Radiation has affected animals living near the site of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear disaster far more than was previously thought, a study showed on Wednesday, challenging beliefs that local ...