They roam through the abandoned city of Pripyat and bed down in the highly contaminated Semikhody train station. Now, scientists have conducted the first deep dive into the animals’ DNA.

Many animals survived even after undergoing radiation-based genetic mutations—notably, a number of pet dogs abandoned by their owners during Chernobyl’s ... 10 miles away in Chernobyl City.

After the meltdown in 1986, the area was abandoned by humans. But many animals remained in the 'Chernobyl Exclusion Zone' - a 30-mile cordon where public access was forbidden due to contamination.

Two dogs walk around the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine, in 2022, near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images In April 1986, an explosion and ...

The animals that the team sampled in Chernobyl City and Slavutych, the researchers found, look a lot like dogs you’d find elsewhere. They’ve been born of mixtures of modern breeds: mastiffs ...

They hope further research will reveal these answers. Despite it being illegal to live here, some 150 people have refused to leave the zone, and roughly 1,000 have returned to nearby Chernobyl city.

Nearly 40 years of research into the contaminated area around Chernobyl is shedding light on how some animals and organisms can adapt to ionizing radiation. Search Pop Mech Pro ...

The dogs still living around the exclusion zone are likely descendants of pets left behind after residents surrounding the Chernobyl power plant fled the region in a hurry, leaving behind all ...

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 ...

On April 26, 1896, the industrial city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine was changed forever. Located just 16.5 km from the city ...

The Soviet military rapidly established an ' Chernobyl Exclusion Zone' around the plant - a 30-mile cordon where public access was forbidden - and which is now a haven for wildlife.