In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, worms show no genetic damage despite living in highly radioactive soil, and free-ranging ...

The packs of 'radiation hounds' can withstand Chernobyl's deadly nuclear fallout - by mutating beyond their regular canine ...

Of all the places destroyed by nuclear disasters, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion is one of the worst. Today, ...

The story of about 900 Chernobyl dogs adapting to radioactive environment reveals the ongoing impact of the nuclear disaster.

The mutants of Chernobyl: How radiation exposure has forced animals to mutate in incredible ways to survive - creating black frogs, cancer-resistant wolves and a NEW species of dog In a study that ...

These worms, called nematodes, have simple genomes and a short lifespan, which enabled researchers to study their multiple ...

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 ...

THE nuclear catastrophe in Chernobyl claimed 31 lives as well as leaving thousands of people and animals exposed to potentially fatal radiation. When an alarm bellowed out at the nuclear plant ...

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 ...

From then on, the site was known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ). Their absence allowed wildlife to flourish and thrive in the CEZ, which contains 11.28 millirem of radiation – six times ...

Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Breakthrough on how Chernobyl dogs survive in nuclear ... and what that might mean for any population – animal or human – that experiences similar exposures.” ...