After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists believed the surrounding region would remain lifeless for generations. But decades later, researchers discovered thriving wildlife — including wolves ...

When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...

For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, absorbing low doses of radiation that would keep most people far away.

Many animal mutations have been documented in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) following the infamous nuclear disaster in 1986, including Eastern tree frogs with darker skin that wards off radiation ...