T he radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These ...

Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot is one of the most radioactive objects on Earth. Just five minutes near it can be fatal, making it a chilling reminder of nuclear disaster.

Wolves in Chernobyl’s radiation zone appear to have adapted to the highly radioactive environment and appear resiliant ...

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years later, a lot has changed. Chernobyl, for one, is now within the borders of ...

Dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant aren’t radioactive mutants—but their genetic differences reveal a surprising story.

Researchers collected soil and ash after the 2020 wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Chemical tests suggested that ...

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.

the genome level, and even the nucleotides of the Chernobyl dogs, and found no abnormalities indicative of radiation-induced mutation. “We have been working with two dog populations that ...

“Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological disaster in ... “We are trying to determine if low-level exposure over many years to environmental toxins such as radiation, lead ...

Norman Kleiman, a co-author of the study, said, “Most people think of the Chernobyl ... determine if low-level exposure over many years to environmental toxins, such as radiation or lead could ...

Radiation-induced mutations ... accumulated over time and to contextualise the level of differences. The analysis indicated that the genetics of Chernobyl city dogs were very similar to dog ...