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 explosions led to a nuclear meltdown. The apocalyptic ...
But… they had survived. For years, in fact. And now, 40 years post-Chernobyl, the wolves in the Exclusion Zone aren’t just thriving despite the radiation – they seem to have developed an outright ...
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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 ...
Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster, gray wolves are still roaming the exclusion zone, hunting, breeding, and in some areas showing higher densities than nearby protected regions. That alone ...
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29 photos of nature winning the battle against civilization in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl
The world's worst ever nuclear disaster took place at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine back in 1986, and its effects are still being felt today. A 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone is in ...
MINSK, 24 April (BelTA) - Belarus has made significant efforts to tackle radioactive pollution following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, CIS First Deputy Secretary General Igor Petrishenko said during ...
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