Four decades after Chernobyl, something weird is happening inside the Exclusion Zone: the dogs that roam the radioactive area ...

A team of researchers in France are building on fundamental experimental research undertaken in the Ukrainian Chornobyl ...

From cosmic rays to CT scans, radiation surrounds us but not all exposure is dangerous. Here’s how to separate fact from fear ...

Frogs living in Chernobyl have been subjected to radioactive materials that still persist around the area. You would think the exposure would have negative effects on them, but the radiation ...

Greenpeace is investigating radiation levels at Chernobyl after 600 Russian soldiers were deployed there.

Soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sensors in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone reported radiation spikes. A researcher now believes he’s found evidence the data was manipulated.

Evolution. In April 1986, Chernobyl was the scene of a major nuclear reactor disaster that released the largest amount of nuclear radiation into the environment in history.

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

In Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs, Scientists Look for Genetic Effects of Radiation A new study is the first step in an effort to understand how exposure to chronic, low-level radiation has affected the ...

A recent study reveals that current radiation levels in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone are not significantly impacting the age, stress levels, or aging rate of local wildlife, particularly the ...

Radiation -induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to a new study. The study, published ...

In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a place where radiation levels remain dangerously high decades after the 1986 nuclear disaster, scientists have discovered an organism defying the odds. A black fungus ...