Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, a population of stray dogs continues to survive among radioactive ...

Just because animals and plants are returning to the Chernobyl nuclear accident site, it does not mean there were no wildlife consequences from the ionizing radiation, especially in the areas that ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly known as Chernobyl) nuclear plant, thousands of animals now roam freely through ...

The Chernobyl tragedy was one of the most dreadful tragedies of all time. It happened when a routine test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant went horribly wrong. A massive explosion ripped through ...

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 ...

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...

NatureScene pays a visit to Chernobyl, Ukraine- the site of the massive nuclear disaster in 1986. The NatureScene crew-Rudy Mancke, Jim Welch and Allen Sharpe-pay a visit to Chernobyl, an area in the ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — There is a massive scar on the only thing standing between a decades-old nuclear disaster and the potential for another. The tomb burying the remains of the catastrophic Chernobyl ...