After the Chernobyl reactor exploded in 1986, deadly radiation spread through the surrounding forests, killing animals, ...

Cladosporium sphaerospermum, cultured at the Coimbra University Hospital Centre in Portugal. (Rui Tomé/Atlas of Mycology, ...

Back in 1986, when reactor no. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded on April 26, 1986, it sent radioactive fallout ...

Engineers take on one of the most dangerous heavy-lift projects ever attempted: moving a massive steel superstructure over ...

A “SUPER fungus” colonising the abandoned ruins of Chernobyl’s nuclear power plant is mystifying scientists. Clinging to the ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...

The radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These two traits do not differ, in fact, between specimens captured in areas with ...

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free. Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, sand-colored ...

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) – A catastrophe occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant 39 years ago, on 26 April 1986. Its consequences have affected many countries across Europe one way or another but ...

Ukraine's Zelensky called the attack 'extremely vile' while confirming that radiation levels were so far within normal range ...