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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.
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Dogs in Chernobyl may be undergoing rapid evolution, study finds
Chernobyl is often presented as evidence that wildlife can flourish in radioactive landscapes.
Have the canines acquired strange mutations living near the power plant?
Unique DNA patterns: Dogs living near the Chernobyl Power Plant have genetic traits not seen in nearby control populations. Cause remains unclear: Comparative studies show differences but no confirmed ...
A 2,600km² exclusion zone was established following the world's worst civilian nuclear accident at Chernobyl in 1986, which released a radioactive cloud across Europe and led to the evacuation of ...
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Chernobyl’s wildlife: the real story isn’t the presence of radiation – it’s the absence of humans
They present a compelling story of radiation, mutation and survival against the odds. But the underlying science didn’t actually show any genetic differences were caused by radiation. The idea of ...
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 ...
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