For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels ...

Are the dogs of Chernobyl evolving right in front of us? That's a question some scientists have been asking in new research ...

A volunteer of Clean Futures Fund (CFF) holds a stray puppy outside the improvised animals hospital just near the Chernobyl power plant on June 8, 2018. A volunteer of Clean Futures Fund (CFF ...

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 ...

This is true both of the scientific literature and the mainstream media, with articles such as “Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation” and “Chernobyl ‘not a wildlife haven’” published ...

It contains some of the most contaminated land in the world, yet it has become a haven for wildlife - a nature reserve in all but name. Przewalski's horses are breeding in the zone (Picture: Sergey ...

Now, scientists have conducted the first deep dive into the animals’ DNA. The dogs of Chernobyl are genetically distinct, different from purebred canines as well as other groups of free-breeding ...

In identifying the genetic scars that today’s animals may have inherited, the researchers hope to understand how, and how well, Chernobyl’s canine populations have thrived. The findings could ...

Wild animals have free range around northern Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, which spread radiation throughout the region in 1986.

Even in the shadow of war, researchers and volunteers were able to venture to Chernobyl to treat about 125 animals and obtain more samples, Mousseau said. These types of samples have only existed ...