Academy of Finland. (2016, February 10). Radiation causes blindness in wild animals in Chernobyl. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 02 ...

Animal populations at Chernobyl have not risen nearly as much as they have in other parts of Europe where they have been protected from hunting, suggesting that radiation is still affecting the ...

Four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, something weird—but wonderful—is happening inside the Chernobyl ...

Przewalski's horses inhabit the Chernobyl zone. After 20 years the population has grown, and now they gallop on radioactive territories. Credit: Anton Petrus/getty images The largest nuclear ...

Tiny worms that live in the highly radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone were found to be immune to radiation — which scientists hope could provide clues about why some humans develop cancer, … ...

A recent study reveals that current radiation levels in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone are not significantly impacting the age, stress levels, or aging rate of local wildlife, particularly the ...

In 1986, in the world's worst accident of its kind, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spewed a large amount of radioactive material throughout Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

Before the radiation could spread, most domestic animals were evacuated along with humans. However, some were left behind. According to the 1991 International Chernobyl Project Technical Report ...

The Chernobyl site in northern Ukraine has been filled with deadly radiation since the 1986 nuclear meltdown, but a new study shows that microscopic worms at the site seem to be unaffected by the ...

Vast swathes of the region around Chernobyl and Fukushima, ... Those biomarkers were chosen because they were the most telling signs of radiation’s consequences on animals.

Scientists have conducted the first deep dive into the animals’ DNA. The dogs of Chernobyl are genetically distinct, different from purebred canines as well as other groups of free-breeding dogs.

A type of black fungus that eats radiation was discovered inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. In 1991, the strange fungus was found growing up the walls of the reactor, which baffled scientists d… ...