On April 26, 1986, disaster struck the small Ukrainian-Belarusian border town of Chernobyl, (then part of the Soviet Union) ...

Roaming in the eerie air of Chernobyl, these wolves are quietly evolving resistance to a radiation which is otherwise toxic ...

The Chernobyl exclusion zone has become a magnet for lurid images that seem to show nature warped by radiation, from ...

After humans left Chernobyl, animals stayed behind. Radiation seeped into every cell, damaging DNA and altering how bodies developed. Some animals were born with deformities, tumors, or shortened ...

Scientists find that Chernobyl's grey wolves have evolved cancer-resilient genomes despite high radiation levels. This ...

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has played down the algal bloom gripping parts of the coastline ahead of the March ...

Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher levels of radioactive contamination than wolves living near the Chernobyl ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.

Ants may be small, but they are quite rugged, especially in the face of extreme stressful situations like nuclear radiation.

Some shows are light, fluffy entertainment, but the heaviest shows of all time make you think, feel emotionally drained, but also curious and pensive.

The standard should be, if Cesium-137 or other isotopes of concern are detectable in food items, they ought to be pulled off ...