The genetic differences between the dogs near the Chernobyl plant and those just 10 miles (16.09 km) away in Chernobyl city suggest that radiation exposure is having a profound effect.

However, what is different about these canines is Chernobyl dogs are "evolving differently" after the world's worst nuclear disaster nearly 40 years ago. It is also this evolution that has allowed ...

However, animals, like feral dogs, have continued to strive within the area, and new research shows that some Chernobyl animals may be evolving faster than others. The new study featured in the ...

When a nuclear disaster struck Chernobyl in 1986, it turned a bustling Soviet city into a ghost town by forcing residents to ...

When humans evacuated Chernobyl they were forced to leave their pets behind, and generations later hundreds of radiation-blasted dogs live on - very differently to other pooches ...

One of the turning points in history took place on April 26, 1986, when one of the reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

Although most think of Chernobyl as a wasteland, the nuclear power plant is still up and running with more than 3,000 employees. The SPCAI says the workers do what they can for the 250 dogs living ...

It will be 39 years since the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, but the aftermath still isn't over. The 1986 explosion is known as a devastating human tragedy, and it had an equally catastrophic ...

Today, they’re known as Chernobyl dogs. These creatures were left behind to fend for themselves in the radioactive ruins. They have built a resilient life among the abandoned buildings that ...