Decades later, the 2,600 square kilometer Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) is largely abandoned by humans. But wildlife remains — and adapts. Recent studies show that creatures as different as ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

“I do think radiation levels currently present at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone are not enough to produce marked organismal ...

After detecting the first black frogs in 2016, we decided to study the role of melanin colouration in Chernobyl wildlife. Between 2017 and 2019 we examined in detail the colouration of Eastern tree ...

Deserted by humans after the worst nuclear disaster in history, Chernobyl has now been reclaimed by a remarkable collection of wildlife and the descendants of pets that were left in the city.