Since then, about 50 people have died from radiation sickness. That includes 28 workers and firefighters who were killed at the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine.

away in Chernobyl city suggest that radiation exposure is having a profound effect. These dogs appear to be experiencing rapid evolutionary changes, with distinct genetic markers that set them ...

Researchers studied the songbirds of Chernobyl and uncovered the surprising impact that radiation has had on their diets and gut microbiomes. Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä ...