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 ...

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.
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Chernobyl is too radioactive for humans – but wild animals are thriving like never before

Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, a radioactive landscape too dangerous for human life, the world's wildest horses roam free. Przewalski's horses – stocky, sand-coloured, and almost toy-like – ...
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Even after Russia captured Chernobyl, the wildlife cameras kept recording

A lynx in Chernobyl, Ukraine, during the Russian occupation. A rare camera-trap study logged the effects of armed conflict on wild animals in real time. — Photos: Frankfurt Zoological Society, ...
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40 Years Ago, a Nuclear Catastrophe at Chernobyl

Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of the aftermath years later show the response, the evacuation and the long-term consequences of the world’s worst nuclear accident. In ...