On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years ...

Scientists discovered something impossible in Chernobyl's radioactive ruins - life is thriving where nothing should survive.

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but ...

A woman who first visited the Chernobyl exclusion zone as a tourist has won an award with embroidery she created with the ...

Radiation may not be why Chernobyl dogs show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences - New study has implications for our ...

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years later, a lot has changed. Chernobyl, for one, is now within the borders of ...

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been travelling regularly to the city since 2002. He is now publishing his second book on ...

Dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant aren’t radioactive mutants—but their genetic differences reveal a surprising story.

“We found land to settle. Now the land near Chernobyl is our home.” He adds: “My friends and family often ask ‘'What’s with the radiation?’ I tell them not to worry.” Vadym is so at ...

Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chernobyl City and the ...

Radiation likely hasn’t caused the genetic differences seen between two dog populations near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was a pivotal moment which ultimately accelerated the collapse of the USSR, making it one of the most historically significant events in recent history.