The Mutant Wolves of Chernobyl Have Evolved to Survive Cancer

On April 26, 1986, disaster struck near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border when a series of steam explosions led to the meltdown ...

Chernobyl’s Wolf Population Is Now 7 Times Higher Than Before the Disaster

Gray wolves now living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone also show a new genetic resistance to cancer, researchers have found.
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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, ...

The Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests

Today, biologists taking a closer look at the animals located inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), which is about the ...
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Chernobyl’s exclusion zone is a beacon of biodiversity – but it faces new threats from Russia’s invasion

Fieldwork in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine, May 2019. Germán Orizaola (Universidad de Oviedo), CC BY April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl ...
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The Mutant Wolves of Chernobyl Have Evolved to Survive Cancer

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: On April 26, 1986, disaster struck the small Ukrainian-Belarusian border town of Chernobyl, (then part of the Soviet Union) when a series of steam ...