The Chernobyl exclusion zone has become a magnet for lurid images that seem to show nature warped by radiation, from misshapen livestock to feral dogs with unnaturally bright fur. Terrifying photos of ...

In the shadow of nuclear disaster, these canines show remarkable resilience to the deadly disease.

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

In the radioactive forests around Chernobyl, gray wolves have done what humans cannot: they have adapted to chronic radiation ...

PARISHEV, Ukraine -- Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the ...

Just because animals and plants are returning to the Chernobyl nuclear accident site, it does not mean there were no wildlife consequences from the ionizing radiation, especially in the areas that ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly known as Chernobyl) nuclear plant, thousands of animals now roam freely through ...

Somewhere inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, three dogs have turned blue. Not figuratively, but actually blue. Earlier this month, volunteers from Dogs of Chernobyl were out catching strays for ...

Scientists find that Chernobyl's grey wolves have evolved cancer-resilient genomes despite high radiation levels. This ...