Further analysis revealed that these fungi contained unusually high levels of melanin, the pigment that protects human skin ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...

A melanin-rich fungus first discovered inside the ruined Chernobyl nuclear reactor is attracting renewed global interest after fresh reports highlighted its striking ability to grow more rapidly when ...

This cool discovery in the ruins of Chernobyl is now helping to understand how life on Earth copes with radiation, and how ...

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone remains one of Earth’s most haunting yet paradoxical places, where death and life intertwine in ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was nearly 36 years ago, but it is again in the news after reports surfaced Wednesday morning that Russian forces have cut power to the facility ...

Decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, hundreds of free-roaming dogs are thriving around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP). Now, scientists have revealed that these animals are not ...

Swedish mushroom foragers have been asked to aid researchers in their search to find out how much radioactive fallout remains in the country nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. On ...

The word “Chernobyl” has long been synonymous with the catastrophic reactor explosion of 1986 — grim shorthand for what still qualifies, more than three decades later, as the world’s worst nuclear ...

Nataliia was married to Valerii Khodemchuk, a circulating-pump operator at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl plant, who perished in ...

A 95-year-old woman who survived the Nazis, Chernobyl and COVID was fatally struck by a car while crossing the street outside her Brooklyn home last week. Mayya Gil had been walking across Cropsey ...