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.

A study of the dogs in Chernobyl and the surrounding area, both purebred and free-breeding, are genetically different from ...

Within the desolate landscape surrounding the infamous Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, hundreds of feral, radioactive dogs are displaying extraordinary genetic mutations. A recent study reveals that ...

When photos of bright blue dogs wandering through the ruins of Chernobyl began circulating online, the internet leapt to a ...

Wild animals have free range around northern Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, which spread radiation throughout the region in 1986. Studies have ...

While dogs are often thought to be our best friends, and we’ve been living alongside them for thousands of years, we’re still finding out new things about them all the time. Some of these are on a ...

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 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 dogs ...

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...

Three bright blue dogs spotted outside the Chernobyl nuclear plant in October 2024 triggered a global wave of speculation that quickly outpaced the facts. Photos of the animals, roaming near the edge ...

Parents who were exposed to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster did not pass genetic changes caused by radiation exposure on to their children, a new study has found. Parents ...

Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...