Wolves in the Chernobyl radiation zone developing resistance to cancer, says study

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L: The reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, covered with a sarcophagus. R: A wolf crosses a road in a forest in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor near the abandoned village of Dronki, Belarus.
L: The reactor No.

Bavarian boars may be radioactive because of truffles contaminated by nuclear weapon testing decades ago

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A wild boar runs among trees and branches in the Bavarian wildlife park of Mehlmeisel, Germany
Researchers think they may have discovered the mystery of the "wild boar paradox" that makes these animals so radioactive in Germany.

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Chernobyl's stray dogs are 'genetically distinct' 40 years after the massive nuclear radiation leak, scientists find

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Stray dogs hang out near an abandoned, partially-completed cooling tower at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Changed the DNA of Local Dogs

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New research shines a light on how the Chernobyl disaster changed the DNA of the dogs that remained in the area. Scientists collected samples from hundreds of free-roaming canines in the exclusion zone and found that they were genetically distinct from dogs elsewhere in the world. The scientists are still exploring…

Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.

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A yellow train car on fire releasing smoke on the left, a large white building with a huge hole in the roof on the right
East Palestine incident (left) and Chernobyl power plant (right)

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