In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...

For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, absorbing low doses of radiation that would keep most people far away.

This dark discovery is breaking the mold. Scientists have discovered an unlikely ally in the battle to clean up Chernobyl’s radiation zones — the black mold that thrives in them. A research team found ...

Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to do its main safety function, a nuclear watchdog said. The drone strike ...

Radioactive dust and particles could escape from the damaged Reactor 4 if the disaster site is hit by another missile.

After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, scientists wondered whether the dogs living in the area are undergoing rapid evolution, ...

A Russian drone has struck the vast protective shell covering the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine said on Friday. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ...

There may be a surprising reason behind the mysterious blue dogs that were recently spotted roaming the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Photos taken earlier this year showed several dogs with bright blue ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure and ...

Research over the years has found that a black mold, formed from a number of different fungi, has been growing toward radioactive particles, and surviving on ionizing radiation, at the Chernobyl ...

The unique coloring is not the result of radiation, according to a scientific advisor for Dogs of Chernobyl Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...

Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to do its main safety function, a nuclear watchdog said. The drone strike ...