Gizmodo

Chernobyl’s Wolf Population Is Now 7 Times Higher Than Before the Disaster

Gray wolves now living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone also show a new genetic resistance to cancer, researchers have found. Reading time 3 minutes The most expensive nuclear disaster in human history ...
Euronews

On 40th Chernobyl disaster anniversary, Zelenskyy accuses Russia of committing 'nuclear terrorism'

Ukrainians gathered to honour those who died from the accident, as well as the hundreds of thousands who cleaned up after the disaster, exposing themselves to high levels of radiation. As Ukraine ...
Phys.org

Chernobyl's wildlife: The real story isn't the presence of radiation, it's the absence of humans

"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds." But the underlying science didn't actually show any genetic differences were caused ...
The Washington Post

40 years after Chernobyl, war brings new rounds of disaster and displacement

The remains of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant can be seen last year from the upper floors of the Polissya Hotel in Pripyat, which was used by officials and specialists during the response to the ...
Los Angeles Times

Chernobyl, 40 years later: Ukrainians thought they had reduced the risks. Then Russia invaded

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As Ukrainians mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, last year’s Russian drone attack ...
Boston Herald

Chernobyl’s radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — On contaminated land that is too dangerous for human life, the world’s wildest horses roam free. Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, ...
National Geographic news

Inside Chernobyl's shadow community, 40 years after disaster

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and war, come and go in a landscape still teeming with radiation. "We are just ...
Phys.org

Chernobyl's exclusion zone is a beacon of biodiversity—but it faces new threats from Russia's invasion

April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The accident caused the largest ever release of radioactive material into the ...
The Conversation

Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go

Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again. Chernobyl is one of them. On April 26, 1986, at 1:23am, Reactor ...
The Sun

I was a Chernobyl ‘liquidator’ sent to clean up nuclear disaster zone 40 years ago – only a few of us are still alive

IMMEDIATELY after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, hundreds of thousands of “liquidators” were sent in to clear up after the catastrophic explosion. They charged straight into the danger zone when ...
The Economist

Chernobyl’s forgotten nuclear lessons

“I saw it for the first time in 1972,” Natalia Oliinychenko says, looking at Chernobyl’s nuclear power plant; “it was amazing and so modern.” Inspired by that first visit, she returned a few years ...