Buried deep within Chernobyl’s Reactor 4, the Elephant’s Foot remains one of the most radioactive objects on Earth. Formed from molten reactor material, it stands as a grim reminder of nuclear ...

and said it “remains unclear” whether dogs in the “greater Chernobyl area” descended from pets abandoned by evacuees in the 80s. Elaine Ostrander, study author and geneticist at the US ...

The number of people who died in the Chernobyl disaster remains disputed. According to the official, internationally recognised death toll, just 31 people died as an immediate result of Chernobyl ...

With no human interference and a landscape allowed to return to its natural state, the wildlife in Chernobyl and the ... generations of these animals remains to be seen.