The Ukrainian town of Pripyat has been left to decay for nearly four decades after it was abandoned overnight after the 1986 ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

"Life is returning to Pripyat," said Yaroslav Yemelyanenko, founder of the Chernobyl Hub. "It is unusual, irregular and touristic. Every day, the once deserted town is filled with tourists from ...

open image in gallery Photograph shows a dog in the ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (AFP via Getty) Scientists have been studying dog populations near the nuclear ...

Microscopic worms that live in Chernobyl’s radioactive exclusion ... Since then, the area around the plant and the nearby town of Pripyat in Ukraine has been a strict no-go zone.

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 ...

A 95-year-old woman, who survived some of history's most catastrophic events, died last week after she was hit by a vehicle ...

This report was prepared after the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident, Vienna, 25–29 August 1986. A team of Soviet experts who presented a report on the accident at the Chernobyl ...

Thrilling horror about the dangers of extreme tourism… in Chernobyl. An offbeat guide leads six holidaymakers into the town that’s been deserted for 25 years. But are they alone?