After the Chernobyl disaster, humans fled—but animals stayed. Inside the exclusion zone, radiation twisted bodies, damaged ...

The frogs’ adaptations is similar to adaptations made by humans in high-radiation regions, pointing to an underlying ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their ...

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

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...