When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer ...

The radioactive region around Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history, has become an ...

The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it ...

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, thousands of dogs continue living around the abandoned exclusion zone. Scientists have been studying these animals to better understand how ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...

KIEV (Reuters) - Unlike the nuclear crisis in Japan which was caused by a natural disaster, the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl power plant on April 26, 1986 ...

Nearly four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl remains one of the most mysterious places on Earth. The abandoned cities, empty schools, and silent forests have turned the ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster released massive radiation and affected millions. Dozens died immediately, with thousands more linked to long-term effects. The area remains restricted as cleanup continues ...

Olena Maruzhenko remembers her mother sobbing when Soviet police told them to evacuate their home in the village of Korogod in northern Ukraine. Just 12km away, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear ...

Camera footage in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone revealed that mammals became less active — especially at night — during the Russian occupation, highlighting the war's immediate impact on ...

The radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These two traits do not differ, in fact, between specimens captured in areas with ...