The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their children.

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, feral dogs in the exclusion zone have become both a symbol of resilience and a living laboratory for scientists. Research into their genetics, health, ...

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, more than 55,000 people were evacuated, leaving behind one of the world's most radioactive landscapes. Decades later, scientists discovered wolves, bears, ...

On April 26, 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine—then part of the Soviet Union—exploded, sending a massive plume of radiation into the sky. Forty years later, the ...

Parents who were exposed to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster did not pass genetic changes caused by radiation exposure on to their children, a new study has found. The 1986 ...