The Chernobyl exclusion zone has become a magnet for lurid images that seem to show nature warped by radiation, from ...

On April 26, 1986, disaster struck the small Ukrainian-Belarusian border town of Chernobyl, (then part of the Soviet Union) ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see ...

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 ...

Researchers have found that stray dogs living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have not experienced genetic mutations, despite prolonged exposure to high radiation levels. Following the 1986 nuclear ...