In the abandoned lands surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, something unexpected is happening. Amid decaying buildings and lingering radiation, Chernobyl dogs are not just surviving — they ...

Dogs near the Chernobyl site have developed a 'super power' after living so close to the disaster zone. On 28 April 1986, the flawed Number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine ...

Stray dogs living in Chernobyl have evolved to withstand deadly radiation flooding the area almost forty years on from the nuclear catastrophe, a new study has revealed. The so-called 'radiation ...

Dogs living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated to develop a new superpower - they are immune to radiation, heavy metals and pollution. Scientists collected blood ...

Dozens of dogs that have prowled Chernobyl for decades may have survived in the radiated landscape by mutating, new research suggests. Two separate populations of stray canines continue to live in ...

A landmark study of the 500 dogs living around Chernobyl, Ukraine, found multi-generational exposure to radiation may have led to genomic changes. The free-breeding dogs are believed to be ...

A population of dogs thrives in the radioactive environment of Chernobyl. This nuclear disaster on April 26, 1986, was one of the most terrible events in human history. While the human population was ...

CHERNOBYL has transformed wild dogs into radiation hounds who can survive the deadly nuclear fallout, scientists have revealed. Two stray canine populations have managed to adapt to the ...

Rival packs of stray dogs scavenging for scraps around the Chernobyl fallout zone may be evolving faster than other animals to survive in one of the most hostile environments on Earth. Scientists are ...

Rival packs of stray dogs scavenging for scraps around the Chernobyl fallout zone may be evolving faster than other animals to survive in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.Scientists ...