In the 30 years since the disaster at Chernobyl, wildlife in the highly radioactive 'Exclusion Zone' has thrived. Mike Wood and Nick Beresford report from a nature reserve like no other The world's ...

Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot is one of the most radioactive objects on Earth. Just five minutes near it can be fatal, making it a chilling reminder of nuclear disaster.

Since its opening in 1988, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone continues to be the biggest rewilding experiment in Europe. The Reserve’s highly-prized scientific community has accumulated unique knowledge on ...

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.

Wildlife thrives in Chernobyl, harassing otters could land you in jail, an update on California's albino dolphin calf, one very rare deep-sea shark and the newly discovered hog-nosed rat!

From then on, the site was known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ). Their absence allowed wildlife to flourish and thrive in the CEZ, which contains 11.28 millirem of radiation – six times ...

Their findings indicated that dogs in Chernobyl city had similar genetics to dogs in Russia ... Learn more from the international scientists investigating the Zone's wildlife, which includes catfish, ...

After detecting the first black frogs in 2016, we decided to study the role of melanin colouration in Chernobyl wildlife. Between 2017 and 2019 we examined in detail the colouration of Eastern tree ...

Deserted by humans after the worst nuclear disaster in history, Chernobyl has now been reclaimed by a remarkable collection of wildlife and the descendants of pets that were left in the city.