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 ...

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.

Radiation-induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to a new study. The study, published on ...

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 ...

Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, scientists have discovered a form of life that's thriving on the radiation that's been left behind. A strange black fungus called ...

Are the dogs of Chernobyl evolving right in front of us? That's a question some scientists have been asking in new research that has been keeping tabs on the wild animals roaming around the Chernobyl ...

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