Are the dogs of Chernobyl evolving right in front of us? That's a question some scientists have been asking in new research ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels ...

Do they have mutations that they’ve gained that enable them to survive and reproduce successfully in this area? asked Elaine ...

The wild dogs of Chernobyl show unexpected genetic patterns. A new study reveals radiation may not be the mutation culprit we ...

A study reveals that dogs living near the Chernobyl reactor do not show nuclear mutations, pointing to other environmental ...

Many animals survived even after undergoing radiation-based genetic mutations—notably, a number of pet dogs abandoned by their owners during Chernobyl’s hasty evacuation orders. Today ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster was the worst nuclear meltdown in history. Today, much of the area around the old plant in Ukraine and in bordering Belarus remains uninhabited, including the city of the ...

In future research, scientists can look for mutations by comparing the Chernobyl dogs' DNA with that of German shepherds. It will be difficult to differentiate between which genetic changes are ...

Some previous genetic studies of people affected by Chernobyl had claimed to find hints of heritable mutations, notably a 1996 study that found excess changes in children’s “minisatellites ...

Many questions remain about the extent to which radiation causes mutations in various species, and whether these could be spread outside the zone. (Related: Animals Rule Chernobyl Three Decades ...

These mutations can lead to cancers ... “Tree frogs living within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone had a remarkably darker dorsal skin coloration than frogs from outside the Zone”, the authors ...