When dangerously high levels of radiation spewed from the Chernobyl nuclear plant in 1986 after an explosion in one of the reactors the effects were devastating. Not only was the accident responsible ...

The genetic mutation monitored in the wolves' altered immune system could give cancer patients a chance of surviving the disease, researchers believe. Humans fled the disaster zone surrounding the ...

Mutant wolves roaming the wasteland of Chernobyl have developed a new superpower that could have life-saving implications for humans. A team of researchers found the animals in the Chernobyl ...

Rival packs of stray dogs scavenging for scraps around the Chernobyl fallout zone may be evolving faster than other animals to survive in one of the most hostile environments on Earth. Scientists are ...

The ongoing radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster 36 years ago is having weird effects on local wildlife. When the reactor blew, in April 1986, it generated the largest release of radioactive ...

Almost 40 years on from the Chernobyl disaster, animals continue to face the consequences from extreme radiation exposure, with them being forced to mutate to survive. Humans fled the disaster zone ...

Worms living near the world’s most well-known nuclear disaster zone appear to have developed new powers - immunity to radiation. In a new study, scientists visited Chernobyl to investigate nematodes, ...

A NEW breed of dogs have emerged from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site that adapted to survive in the most radioactive place on earth. The free-roaming pooches are now genetically distinct from ...

Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, scientists have discovered a form of life that's thriving on the radiation that's been left behind. A strange black fungus called ...

Stray dogs living in the toxic ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are suffering from genetic variation and irradiation, a new study has found. Depending on their proximity to the nuclear accident ...

April marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. Find out more about what happened and the ...