For nearly four decades the area surrounding the ruined Soviet reactor has remained largely empty of people, yet full of ...

Bizarre changes in animal behaviour and appearance have unfolded at the highly reactive Chernobyl site in the 40 years since the disaster - including 'evolving' dogs and cancer-resistant wolves ...

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 ...

Just because animals and plants are returning to the Chernobyl nuclear accident site, it does not mean there were no wildlife consequences from the ionizing radiation, especially in the areas that ...

Nearly four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl is still frozen in time—but not in the way you’d expect. In this video, we explore the abandoned buildings, eerie silence, and ...