When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for ...
In the forests and wetlands around the ruined Chernobyl reactor, a small amphibian has quietly rewritten the script on how ...
The frogs’ adaptation is similar to adaptations made by humans in high-radiation regions, pointing to an underlying ...
Just because animals and plants are returning to the Chernobyl nuclear accident site, it does not mean there were no wildlife consequences from the ionizing radiation, especially in the areas that ...
Over a decade of study inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) has turned the irradiated landscape into a large-scale biological experiment. While humans fled the area following the 1986 meltdown, ...