For decades, animals have survived inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone. But recently, something unusual has drawn attention.

Caretakers have spotted dogs turning blue near the Chernobyl power plant’s exclusive zone. A team went for sterilization when they spotted three dogs that were completely blue. The team revealed that ...

This toxic zone is now crawling with life no one expected.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of ...

When the Chornobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for centuries. The accident released large amounts of radioactive material into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent reports of stray dogs with bright blue fur near an abandoned chemical plant in Russia have inadvertently shined a new light ...

PARISHEV, Ukraine -- Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the ...

Just because animals and plants are returning to the Chernobyl nuclear accident site, it does not mean there were no wildlife consequences from the ionizing radiation, especially in the areas that ...

Homeless wild dog in old radioactive zone in Pripyat city - abandoned ghost town after nuclear disaster. Chernobyl exclusion zone.© Sergiy Romanyuk/Shutterstock.com An area of about 1,000 square miles ...