Wolves living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone show genetic and immune-system signals that researchers say may be linked to reduced cancer risk, according to research described by Princeton ...

After the Chernobyl reactor exploded in 1986, deadly radiation spread through the surrounding forests, killing animals, ...

Gray wolves now living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone also show a new genetic resistance to cancer, researchers have found.

They present a compelling story of radiation, mutation and survival against the odds. But the underlying science didn’t actually show any genetic differences were caused by radiation. The idea of ...

A study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found ...

Homeless wild dog in old radioactive zone in Pripyat city - abandoned ghost town after nuclear disaster. Chernobyl exclusion zone.© Sergiy Romanyuk/Shutterstock.com An area of about 1,000 square miles ...

In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious. This work of ...

When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer than the initial blast. Researchers sequenced the genomes of Chernobyl ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free. Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, ...