On April 26, 1986, disaster struck near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border when a series of steam explosions led to the meltdown ...

The site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster has become a haven for large wild mammals living in the region, scientists say. On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power pla ...

Counted in one of history’s most devastating events, Chernobyl is a name that haunts the world and all the generations that come. An explosion in 1986 at a nuclear power plant not only destroyed the ...

“Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds.” That’s just one of many similar headlines that appeared in response to a scientific ...

An hour after midnight on 26 April 1986, a catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant caused loss of human ...

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 ...

For years, scientists have kept a close eye on the animals around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the hopes of learning from the one-of-a-kind accidental radiation exposure experiment currently ...

Dogs are humanity's best friend, and this is partially because we've bred them to better suit our preferences and needs. The Alaskan Malamute and Komondor, for example, were intentionally bred to ...

In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious. This work of ...

The site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster has become a haven for large wild mammals living in the region, scientists say.