Researchers from the University of South Carolina and the National Human Genome Research Institute have started analysing the ...

As the world’s greatest nuclear disaster approaches its 40th anniversary, biologists are now taking a closer look at the animals located inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), which is about ...

Evolution is generally considered to be quite a slow, clunky process. However, dogs living in the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

A SHOCK discovery in mutant black frogs could lead to humans returning to the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone.

However, Chernobyl’s situation has changed a lot since the accident – today ... This explains the vast abundance and diversity of animals living in Chernobyl today. However, we have to ...

The authors say that the results reinforce the role of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as a wildlife refuge that must be preserved, especially given that the current impact of the accident appears to ...

A study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found ...

"is essential to carry out a correct assessment of the current impact of the accident on wildlife. The results of this work reinforce the role of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as a wildlife refuge ...