April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The accident caused the largest ever release of radioactive material into the ...

Four decades after the world’s worst nuclear accident forced tens of thousands of people to abandon their homes, the contaminated landscape they left behind has become an unlikely refuge for wild ...

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, more than 55,000 people were evacuated, leaving behind one of the world's most radioactive landscapes. Decades later, scientists discovered wolves, bears, ...

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A nonprofit taking care of dogs in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone are trying to solve the mystery of why some of the canines have turned "completely blue." Dogs of Chernobyl, ...

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Fieldwork in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine, May 2019. Germán Orizaola (Universidad de Oviedo), CC BY April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl ...