When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...

The world's worst ever nuclear disaster took place at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine back in 1986, and its effects are still being felt today. A 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone is in ...

The frogs’ adaptations is similar to adaptations made by humans in high-radiation regions, pointing to an underlying ...

In the forests and wetlands around the ruined Chernobyl reactor, a small amphibian has quietly rewritten the script on how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent reports of stray dogs with bright blue fur near an abandoned chemical plant in Russia have inadvertently shined a new light ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

LONDON (Reuters) - 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 ...

When a nuclear disaster struck Chernobyl in 1986, it turned a bustling Soviet city into a ghost town by forcing residents to leave everything behind, including their pets. Today, they’re known as ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly known as Chernobyl) nuclear plant, thousands of animals now roam freely through ...

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