On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but ...

Chernobyl dogs do show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences – but not because of radiation - New study has implications for our ...

Researchers have found that stray dogs living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have not experienced genetic mutations, despite ...

Chornobyl's exclusion zone has become an unintended wildlife refuge. Populations of species like wolves, boars, and birds ...

The end of a three-decade experiment Survivors assess fact and fiction in TV series 'I didn't know the truth' The people who moved there The secret lives of Chernobyl's wildlife "We will create a ...

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 ...

Chernobyl's post-human landscape "No one's ... with humans - like pigeons and rats - were disappearing, but wild animals - wild boar, deer and wolf - were multiplying," he said.

But animals? It appears the 2,600 square kilometre Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) has become an animal sanctuary. Recently, a team of researchers found tiny worms found in CEZ that surprisingly ...

According to Elaine Ostrander, a dog genomics expert involved in the research, the goal is to unravel how these animals have genetically ... Could the same be true for Chernobyl’s dogs?