Surviving in a poisoned land: Chernobyl's wildlife is different, but not in the ways you might think

It's 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster. This is what it has meant for wildlife living around the devastated nuclear power ...

‘Nature has performed a factory reset’: Chernobyl has flourished into an unlikely wildlife refuge

On the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the site remains too dangerous for humans – but wildlife has moved ...

Chernobyl’s wildlife: the real story isn’t the presence of radiation – it’s the absence of humans

They present a compelling story of radiation, mutation and survival against the odds. But the underlying science didn’t ...

Chernobyl’s exclusion zone is a beacon of biodiversity – but it faces new threats from Russia’s invasion

It is estimated that 22,000 hectares were burned during the Russian invasion of Chernobyl. Several Przewalski’s horses have ...
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Man who worked in the Chernobyl disaster area: Cleanup work was pointless

Sunday (April 26) marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in Soviet Ukraine. Thousands of ...
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The Dogs of Chernobyl Were Left for Dead, But They Adapted

When a nuclear disaster struck Chernobyl in 1986, it turned a bustling Soviet city into a ghost town by forcing residents to leave everything behind, including their pets. Today, they’re known as ...
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Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes thriving wildlife refuge decades on

Decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster forced mass evacuations, the exclusion zone has transformed into an unlikely wildlife sanctuary. Species such as wolves, brown bears, and reintroduced ...
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What would happen if the Chernobyl disaster happened in Britain?

Exactly 40 years ago, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was destroyed in the worst nuclear disaster the world has ever seen.
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Animals near Fukushima are doing surprisingly well despite radiation from nuclear accident

Radioactivity is one of humanity’s deepest existential fears, perhaps because unlike most existential threats, it is invisible. Vast swathes of the region around Chernobyl and Fukushima, site of the ...