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.

Thirteen years after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, evacuation orders are still in place for seven municipalities in the prefecture, forcing more than 25,000 people to remain displaced.

The Ukrainian town of Pripyat has been left to decay for nearly four decades after it was abandoned overnight after the 1986 ...

The survival and adaptations of the feral dogs in Chernobyl, many of which are descendants of pets abandoned during the evacuation, have surprised scientists. The dogs have established tightly ...

the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) provides an equally unprecedented opportunity to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure, including the effects on stray dogs that stayed behind when the ...

This report was prepared after the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident, Vienna, 25–29 August 1986. A team of Soviet experts who presented a report on the accident at the Chernobyl ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray ...

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and which scientists are studying to unlock applications in a wide range of fields. The explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat ...

including the effects on stray dogs that stayed behind when the CEZ was initially evacuated. Previous studies of these dogs, which compared their genes to similar populations in nearby Chernobyl ...