Shutterstock When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had a meltdown, it was a terrifying event for people around the world. As ...

In the shadow of Reactor 4, where the 1986 Chernobyl explosion unleashed history's worst nuclear catastrophe, hundreds of ...

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 ...

Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher ...

Humans, it turns out, pose a bigger threat to animals than radiation. The Chernobyl nuclear reactor blew up 30 years ago on Tuesday, sending a radioactive cloud over much of Europe and prompting the ...

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 ...

(WJW) – Several unusual-colored dogs have been seen roaming the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that happened almost 40 years ago. The Dogs of Chernobyl, a project affiliated with the Clean ...

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 ...