Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, scientists are still uncovering unexpected forms of life in its aftermath.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Analyzing wild boar samples was required to determine why radioactivity levels are not decreasing. Wild boars roaming the forests ...

Cladosporium sphaerospermum, cultured at the Coimbra University Hospital Centre in Portugal. (Rui Tomé/Atlas of Mycology, used with permission) The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans ...

Just because animals and plants are returning to the Chernobyl nuclear accident site, it does not mean there were no wildlife consequences from the ionizing radiation, especially in the areas that ...

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, concerns are growing now that the conflict has reached Chernobyl. This week, Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, ...

Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher levels of radioactive contamination than wolves living near the Chernobyl ...