Maxwell told news.com.au that the legend of the Blackbird of Chernobyl was something he heard about when he was in the exclusion zone. “The legend states that in the days leading up to April 26 ...

The Chernobyl disaster, which occurred on April ... mistle thrush; song thrush; blackbird; black redstart; robin and thrush nightingale. Ionizing radiation damages cells by producing very reactive ...

Yuras Karmanau in Minsk, Belarus, and Jim Heintz and Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow, contributed to this report. ___ A look at the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in numbers Telling the story of ...

Reporting from Chernobyl, Ukraine — Seated in a jeep and clutching a screeching Geiger counter, Lt. Col. Viktor Chershnev led a convoy of 30 military trucks through the center of sleeping Kiev.

Chernobyl's Hot Zone Holds Some Surprises 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 ...

Residents say their plight is being ignored by Ukraine's government. IVANKOV, Ukraine -- In the days before the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster today, workers hurriedly filled ...

About 70% of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster landed in Belarus, heavily contaminating one-fourth of the country, one-fifth of its agricultural land and affecting at least 7 ...

Maxwell told news.com.au that the legend of the Blackbird of Chernobyl was something he heard about when he was in the exclusion zone. “The legend states that in the days leading up to April 26 ...