The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster of 1986 transformed a once-thriving region of Ukraine into a radioactive wasteland ...
Chernobyl is an area that has been deemed unsuitable for living. Nearly four decades after an explosion expelled 400 times ...
An estimated 900 stray dogs live in the CEZ, and many of them are likely the descendants of pets left behind following the mass evacuation of Chernobyl residents. Norman J. Kleiman, an ...
The study used 500 dogs living around Chernobyl, Ukraine, who have managed to live in the harsh landscape through miraculous generational adaptation. It is believed that understanding how they ...
Microscopic worms that live their lives in the highly radioactive environment of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) appear to ...
They were found to have formed unusual packs, and live much closer-knit than wild dogs or wolves. The animals have been monitored since 2017 as part of the Chernobyl Dog Research Initiative.
“We found land to settle. Now the land near Chernobyl is our home.” He adds: “My friends and family often ask ‘'What’s with the radiation?’ I tell them not to worry.” Vadym is so at ...
When we think of the Chernobyl disaster ... “Do they have mutations that they’ve acquired that allow them to live and breed successfully in this region?” said co-author Elaine Ostrander ...
Researchers led by Sophia Tintori from New York University collected specimens of the nematode species Oscheius tipulae from ...