These canines “survived for a reason,” an expert told us. But what exactly is causing these rapid genetic transformations?

Chernobyl is an area that has been deemed unsuitable for living. Nearly four decades after an explosion expelled 400 times ...

A recent study, published in PLOS ONE, examined dogs living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and those in the city, located just 10 miles (16 kilometers) away. Researchers wanted to understand ...

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 ...

Among the things scientists have been looking at recently are the genetic differences of dogs living near in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) near Pripyat in Ukraine, and a new study has been ...

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...

Corkhill said the workers are probably petting the dogs quite often, but "they're the ones going into the reactor every day, so it's part of the risk." The practice of adopting Chernobyl dogs is ...