For decades, animals have survived inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone. But recently, something unusual has drawn attention.

The nuclear catastrophe that occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the then-Soviet Union city of Pripyat on April 26, 1986 remains the largest of its kind, both in its immediate impact ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...