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 ...

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 ...

Likely figuring some might have thought he played up this tragic scene for more drama, one of Chernobyl‘s creators, Craig Mazin, addressed the show’s dog deaths on Twitter on the same day the ...

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 ...

After the nuclear disaster in 1986 evacuated families had to abandon their pet dogs. The offspring of this community still live in the nuclear exclusion zone and are now receiving veterinary help.