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Bears now roam the Chernobyl dead zone and the mutations are hard to ignore

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

In 1986, Chernobyl’s reactor blast forced residents to leave dogs behind; decades later, 302 dogs formed distinct genetic groups 15 km apart

A study of 302 Chernobyl dogs found distinct genetic populations near the nuclear plant and in Chernobyl City, about 15 km ...

Chernobyl disaster

Jordan Dunbar travels to Chernobyl to explore events that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster and to understand what we can learn from them. A woman reflects on how Kent families helped children ...
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Can Chernobyl Dogs Pass Genetic Mutations to Future Generations?

Scientists are investigating whether radiation from the Chernobyl disaster caused genetic changes in dogs living near the ...
Opinion

The Dogs of Chernobyl May Be Carrying a Nuclear Disaster Into the Next Generation. I Think We Need to Know the Truth.

New genetic clues could reveal what the 1986 disaster left inside stray dogs.
Phys.org

Forty years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl

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 ...

In Kyiv, survivors of Chernobyl face Russian bombs: 'Chernobyl was an invisible enemy. War strikes in the open'

In the Ukrainian capital, the 'Chernobyl House' shelters survivors of the 1986 nuclear disaster, now confronted with Russian ...
The Conversation

40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl

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 ...