For years, scientists have used controlled radiation exposure in experiments to induce beneficial mutations in plants and animals. The dogs living in Chernobyl may be experiencing a similar ...

Children whose parents were exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have no excess mutations, a new study reveals. Almost 35 years to the day after the catastrophic accident ...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 ... and possibly evolve—under chronic radiation exposure. Radiation is known to cause mutations in DNA, which can lead to cancer, birth defects, and ...

Thousands of hectares of Chernobyl-affected farmland, long deemed too dangerous for cultivation in northern Ukraine can ...

but dogs were still gunned down when found in a bid to stop radiation spreading. However, there’s plenty of speculation that the hard knocks experienced by the dogs at Chernobyl - and their ...

“Since 1986, there has been a lot of misinformation about radiation risks from Chernobyl, which has negatively impacted on people still living in abandoned areas,” study lead author Jim Smith from the ...

Although most think of Chernobyl as a wasteland ... more than 450 animals were tested for radiation exposure, received medical care, vaccinations and were spayed or neutered.