Children of workers who cleaned up the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site have a higher frequency of DNA mutations, a study published in Scientific Reports found. The researchers analysed the genomes of ...

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.

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 at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds.” That’s just ...

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...

Chernobyl is once again a global headline, but this time for its wildlife. Recent videos show stray dogs roaming the Chernobyl exclusion zone with bright blue fur. The footage, shared by animal rescue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of ...

Are the dogs of Chernobyl evolving right in front of us? That's a question some scientists have been asking in new research that has been keeping tabs on the wild animals roaming around the Chernobyl ...