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

The word “Chernobyl” has long been synonymous with the catastrophic reactor explosion of 1986 — grim shorthand for what still qualifies, more than three decades later, as the world’s worst nuclear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to ...

The story of Chernobyl has long carried a chilling epilogue: that the people who rushed in to contain the disaster doomed not ...

Over six years ago, HBO released one of the best limited series ever made, and despite being a difficult watch, it lives up ...

Almost 2,000 cases of thyroid cancer have resulted from the reactor explosion at the Ukrainian power station 15 years ago. The elevated risk of thyroid cancer appears to continue throughout life Dr ...

Somewhere inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, three dogs have turned blue. Not figuratively, but actually blue. Earlier this month, volunteers from Dogs of Chernobyl were out catching strays for ...

While the claw is considered one of the more iconic pieces of Chernobyl wreckage in the exclusion zone, the real danger is ...

Ukrainian officials say that Russian forces have captured Chernobyl, the region in the northern part of Ukraine that saw the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. The news came just hours after ...

An estimated 700 dogs are stuck at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Blue dogs have been spotted at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone The dogs' fur is bright blue, per Clean Futures Fund, but the hue likely isn ...