When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...
On April 26, 1986, disaster struck the small Ukrainian-Belarusian border town of Chernobyl, (then part of the Soviet Union) ...
In the radioactive forests around Chernobyl, gray wolves have done what humans cannot: they have adapted to chronic radiation ...
Roaming in the eerie air of Chernobyl, these wolves are quietly evolving resistance to a radiation which is otherwise toxic ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scientists find that Chernobyl's grey wolves have evolved cancer-resilient genomes despite high radiation levels. This ...