The nuclear crisis in Japan has evoked memories of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Robert Baker, a biologist at Texas Tech, who co-directs the Chernobyl Project, has been studying mammals in ...

Ukraine is home to the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history. What happened at Chernobyl? And how many people died?

Series creator Craig Mazin of HBO's 'Chernobyl' talks about the biggest difficulties adapting the nuclear accident story for the small screen and what he would've changed in the series' storytelling.

Chernobyl 30 Years Later: Those Who Live in Its Shadow Still Suffer Residents say their plight is being ignored by Ukraine's government.

But Chernobyl still boasts secrets more than three decades later, including the story of Chershnev and his charges — a saga of dysfunction and disregard for human life that lays bare conditions ...

When it was erected in 2019, the giant shell over the damaged nuclear reactor in Chernobyl was one of the biggest structures ever moved by humans. In February a Russian drone put a hole in it.For ...

Nearly 16 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, 200,000 people still live in highly contaminated areas and 4.5 million residents in three countries are receiving financial help - draining ...

The Chernobyl disaster remains one of the worst nuclear disasters in history, but it may have given us a unique look at evolution in dogs.

Alex Kleimenov reports from Ukraine on the closure of the Chernobyl nuclear power station, more than 14 years after the world's worst nuclear accident there. The last remaining reactor shut down ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

The Chernobyl disaster began during a routine reactor systems test, when safety measures were ignored. Uranium fuel in the reactor overheated and melted through its protective barriers.

Mutant wolves who roam the human-free Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have developed cancer-resilient genomes that could be key to helping humans fight the deadly disease, according to a study.