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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 Stewards of Chernobyl Are Passing Mutations Down to Their Children

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their ...
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 ...

Wildlife inside Chernobyl exclusion zone acted differently during Russia's invasion, camera traps reveal

Camera footage in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone revealed that mammals became less active — especially at night — during the Russian occupation, highlighting the war's immediate impact on ...
Digital Journal

Thirty years on, Ukraine mourns victims of Chernobyl

Ukrainians held candlelit vigils Tuesday to mark 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl spewed radiation across Europe and left several thousand people dead or dying. Church ...
AOL

Chernobyl has become a wildlife haven 40 years after explosion: Study

The plant and surrounding area became uninhabitable for humans after a reactor exploded in 1986, releasing over 100 radioactive elements into the atmosphere, according to the International Atomic ...
AOL

Vladimir Putin's Chernobyl attacks 'will have deadly impact on children'

Vladimir Putin's "murderous" bombardment of the structure safeguarding Ukraine from a second Chernobyl catastrophe could disperse nuclear particles and "ramp up" cancer rates among children, a ...
Los Angeles Times

Chernobyl, 40 years later: Ukrainians thought they had reduced the risks. Then Russia invaded

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As Ukrainians mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, last year’s Russian drone attack ...
RealClearScience

Chernobyl’s Breach Is Worse Than Anyone Thought

(via Kyle Hill) On February 14th, 2025, a large drone struck the side of the New Safe Confinement, the megastructure that was designed to contain and eventually decommission the exploded Reactor 4 at ...
SlashGear

40 Years After The Disaster, Chernobyl's Nuclear Plant Is A Tragic Time Capsule

As we reach the 40-year milestone of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, few things have captured the public's angst and imagination quite like Chernobyl. In the intervening years, Chernobyl has ...
Killeen Daily Herald

From radiation to invasion: a Chernobyl worker's two wars

Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night of April 26, 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Instead of fleeing, he chose to fight his "first war" against radiation. Four decades later, ...