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

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

Radiation -induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the ...

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

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear disaster since World War II decimated Chernobyl in the Soviet Union. Nearly 40 years later, a lot has changed. Chernobyl, for one, is now within the borders of ...

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

Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chernobyl City and the ...

Why has the Budapest Memorandum become synonymous with betrayal for Ukrainians? How close is the world to a nuclear disaster, ...

Chornobyl's exclusion zone has become an unintended wildlife refuge. Populations of species like wolves, boars, and birds ...

“Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological disaster ... city dogs were very similar to dog populations in Russia, Poland and the surrounding areas.

Another opponent is Volodymyr Omelchenko, of Kyiv-based think-tank Razumkov Center, who is sceptical of buying what he ...

Learn more about how researchers zoomed in on the genomes of Chornobyl's dogs.