In 1986 Chernobyl was evacuated and today wolves have returned to dominate the radiation exclusion zone in an unexpected wildlife recovery

The first impression of the Chernobyl landscape is not drama but quiet that feels slightly unfinished, as if something ...
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The Mutant Wolves of Chernobyl Have Evolved to Survive Cancer

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: On April 26, 1986, disaster struck the small Ukrainian-Belarusian border town of Chernobyl, (then part of the Soviet Union) when a series of steam ...
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These wolves survived radiation exposure in Chernobyl — and developed a surprising superpower

About 100 miles southwest of the city of Gomel lies the ghost of a town that once died a half-death on April 26, 1986. An abandoned town sits flanked by mounds of radiation-laced material that no one ...

Chernobyl exclusion zone now has more wildlife than Ukraine’s nature reserves, study finds

Radioactive landscape too dangerous for humans now boasts some of the world’s wildest horses, wolves, and Eurasian lynx ...