The Chernobyl exclusion zone has become a magnet for lurid images that seem to show nature warped by radiation, from ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

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 ...

After humans left Chernobyl, animals stayed behind. Radiation seeped into every cell, damaging DNA and altering how bodies ...