Have the canines acquired strange mutations living near the power plant?
On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, exploded—a combination of poor reactor design and serious mismanagement had caused the worst nuclear disa ...
How does the environment affect canine DNA? A recent study published in Science Advances sheds light on how the DNA of stray Chernobyl dogs has been altered, possibly as a result of the disaster. The ...
The explosion of the Chernobyl reactor in 1986 left a large area around the plant uninhabitable by humans because of lingering nuclear radiation. However, animals, like feral dogs, have continued to ...
Genetic differences found: DNA analysis shows Chernobyl dogs differ genetically from those living nearby, hinting at long-term environmental influences. Cause still unknown: Follow-up studies found no ...
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Surviving in a poisoned land: Chernobyl's wildlife is different, but not in the ways you might think
It's 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster. This is what it has meant for wildlife living around the devastated nuclear power plant.
The example that Chernobyl has provided of how the landscape, water dynamics and human behaviour affect radiation risk will be important when dealing with future disasters. Scientists never stop ...
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