The Mutant Wolves of Chernobyl Have Evolved to Survive Cancer

On April 26, 1986, disaster struck the small Ukrainian-Belarusian border town of Chernobyl, (then part of the Soviet Union) ...
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How Chernobyl dogs gained a ‘superpower’ to survive the worst nuclear disaster ever

Within the desolate landscape surrounding the infamous Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, hundreds of feral, radioactive dogs are displaying extraordinary genetic mutations. A recent study reveals that ...
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Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs Are Genetically Distinct—But Radiation Isn’t the Reason

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...
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The Dogs of Chernobyl May Not Be Mutating After All, Study Claims

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...