The hundreds of dogs that live in Chernobyl's exclusion zone have caught the attention of researchers interested in the impact of long-term radiation exposure.

Dr. Norman Kleiman, a co-author of the study, said, “Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological ...

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been travelling regularly to the city since 2002. He is now publishing his second book on ...

The government has been tasked with adopting, within the 24 months after a framework law to enable Italy to return to nuclear ...

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but ...

Dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear plant aren’t radioactive mutants—but their genetic differences reveal a surprising story.

Radiation likely hasn’t caused the genetic differences seen between two dog populations near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

“But my friend suggested a place where after an accident land was very cheap. “We found land to settle. Now the land near Chernobyl is our home.” He adds: “My friends and family often ask ...

“Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological disaster in an abandoned corner of Ukraine, but the potential adverse health implications are much wider,” said Norman ...

The explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine on April 26, 1986 remains the worst nuclear disaster in human history. It left a 30-kilometer ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 was a pivotal moment which ultimately accelerated the collapse of the USSR, making it one of the most historically significant events in recent history.