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 ...

Decades after the Chernobyl disaster, stray dogs in the area have mutated to survive the lethal levels of radiation, a groundbreaking study shows. Dubbed 'radiation hounds,' these canines have ...

After nearly 40 years, a new study has found that children of Chernobyl workers have mutations within their DNA ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: 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 ...