You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Wild boars have long been a problem in Germany, digging up graves, destroying crops, and attacking ...

What explains this surprising finding? The answer appears to be a complex mix of history, ecology, and diet. Bavaria’s wild boars mainly feed on underground fungi that absorbed radioactive fallout ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Analyzing wild boar samples was required to determine why radioactivity levels are not decreasing. Wild boars roaming the forests ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Many of the wild boars roaming across central Europe are so radioactive ...

You read that correctly. A team of scientists just tested wild boar meat from Southern Germany and found that radioactivity in the boars stemmed from nuclear weapons testing, rather than the Chernobyl ...

Nuclear weapons testing is partially to blame for the radioactive boar in Germany, according to a new study. Michael Probst AP Though they’re known for their love of sausage and schnitzel, many ...

(via SciShow) After the Chernobyl Disaster, researchers have been studying the movement of radioactive contamination all over central Europe. Fortunately, that radioactive contamination is decreasing ...

A high percentage of Germany's wild boars are radioactive while other animals in the region are not. Scientists have a surprising theory about what makes them so radioactive. A new study found that ...

Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher levels of radioactive contamination than wolves living near the Chernobyl ...