Maria Urupa, 73, cleans her home near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on May 10. "I've seen a lot of wildlife here," she says, claiming that wolves ate two of her dogs.

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 ...

Timothy Mousseau is a professor of biological sciences at the University of South Carolina-Columbia. He has published more than 90 scientific papers about the effects of radiation on wildlife with ...

Of all the places destroyed by nuclear disasters, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion is one of the worst. Today, Chernobyl and the exclusion zone are considered one of the most ...

Today, some hot spots are still 100 times more radioactive than normal. But the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone no longer looks like a wasteland–and a new study suggests that some wildlife is thriving ...

The Chernobyl disaster happened on April 26, 1986. The city of Pripyat was evacuated, but animals remained in the area. Over 35 years later, some species have thrived, others have been severely ...

While wildlife can survive in Chernobyl, research continues to show how the radiation has harmed animals, birds and insects. In September 2022, scientists reported that the radioactive fallout ...

Chernobyl, 25 years later Today is the 25th anniversary of the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. ... What's the ecology of Chernobyl today? Some wildlife has returned, but […] Jess Zimmerman.

The animals that the team sampled in Chernobyl City and Slavutych, the researchers found, look a lot like dogs you’d find elsewhere. They’ve been born of mixtures of modern breeds: mastiffs ...

Chernobyl mutants: How animals exposed to radiation have evolved after the world's worst nuclear disaster. 19 February 2024, 10:52 | Updated: 19 February 2024, 12:43. ... This coloration is not ...

In the early hours of 26 April 1986, two explosions rocked the nuclear power plant near the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl, then part of the Soviet Union.