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, several hundred ...

On April 26, 1986, the world’s worst nuclear disaster unfolded at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant ... with culling thousands of contaminated animals surrounding the plant.

Dogs living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated to develop a new superpower ... Their absence allowed wildlife to flourish and thrive in the CEZ, which contains 11. ...