A team of archaeologists, natural scientists, evolutionary specialists and paleontologists affiliated with a number of ...

The Chernobyl disaster remains one of the worst nuclear disasters in history, but it may have given us a unique look at ...

A recent study, published in PLOS ONE, examined dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and those in the city, located just 10 miles (16 kilometers) away. Researchers wanted to understand ...

and even the nucleotides of the Chernobyl dogs, and found no abnormalities indicative of radiation-induced mutation. “We have been working with two dog populations that, while separated by just ...

and even the nucleotides of the Chernobyl dogs, and found no abnormalities indicative of radiation-induced mutation. “We have been working with two dog populations that, while separated by just ...

and even the nucleotides of the Chernobyl dogs, and found no abnormalities indicative of radiation-induced mutation. “We have been working with two dog populations that, while separated by just 16 ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet ... were likely not driven by radiation-induced mutations. Their research, detailed in a December 27 study published in the journal PLOS ...

Many animals survived even after undergoing radiation-based genetic mutations—notably, a number of pet dogs abandoned by their owners during Chernobyl’s hasty evacuation orders. Today ...

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster of ... The goal was to determine whether chronic radiation exposure has caused heritable mutations or was selected for greater mutagen tolerance.

Dogs living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated ... the dogs' contaminated environment caused them to develop genetic mutations that were passed down from generation ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ... “Do they have mutations that they’ve acquired that allow them to live and breed ...

A 2019 study confirmed the lack of internal radiation in the local wolf population ... 40% of the sperm of Chernobyl's male barn swallows is defective. Plus, germline mutations were also found.