When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...

Roaming in the eerie air of Chernobyl, these wolves are quietly evolving resistance to a radiation which is otherwise toxic to life.

The world's worst ever nuclear disaster took place at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine back in 1986, and its effects are still being felt today. A 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone is in ...

Opening thoughts. The mutant wolves of Chernobyl have genetically evolved enough to be protected against cancer. I landed on a report that biologists from Princeton University have studied wolves in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Analyzing wild boar samples was required to determine why radioactivity levels are not decreasing. Wild boars roaming the forests ...

A trip to the Chernobyl area included a visit to the abandoned town of Pripyat, left mostly as it was when residents were evacuated in 1986. ENR correspondent Peter Reina took a journey into the ...

MINSK, 24 April (BelTA) - Belarus has made significant efforts to tackle radioactive pollution following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, CIS First Deputy Secretary General Igor Petrishenko said during ...

Analyzing wild boar samples was required to determine why radioactivity levels are not decreasing. Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some ...