Almost 40 years ago, reactor number four exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since then, the surrounding area has become, to the surprise of many, one of Europe’s largest nature reserves.

After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, humans abandoned the exclusion zone — but nature never left. The transcript follows the animals now living in one of the most contaminated places on Earth: dogs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Worms living near Chernobyl nuclear plant have developed a ‘super power’ Worms living near the world’s most well-known nuclear ...

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Dogs living in and around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine are genetically distinct from dog populations living further away from the site of the nuclear accident. The results will be used ...

Scientists are studying the dogs living around the Chernobyl disaster site in Ukraine. “They are primarily the descendants of the animals that were left behind at the time of the evacuation during the ...