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Chernobyl has sparked change in all kinds of wildlife. Black frogs, for example, may have evolved darker skin that helps absorb and neutralize radiation. Some birds and insects also show unusual ...
It will be 39 years since the Chernobyl disaster ... signs of evolution in frogs, noting how the green amphibians had started producing more melanin and turning black in order to make their ...
They spend their days perched on these plants or foraging in the nearby leaf litter, likely eating the toxic insects that ...
Ukrainian farmland abandoned after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster is again fit for agriculture, a new study reveals. In the aftermath of the nuclear accident, vast swathes of northern Ukraine ...
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone of 4,200sqkm around the nuclear plant remains uninhabited to this day and is now one of Europe’s largest nature reserves. But the 2,000sqkm Zone of Obligatory ...
Ukrainian farmland abandoned after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster is again fit for agriculture, a new study reveals. In the aftermath of the nuclear accident, vast swathes of northern Ukraine ...
Scientists have identifiedtwo new species of poison dart frogs in the remote Brazilian Amazon, shedding light on the hidden ...
Here's Why Chernobyl is Still a Massive Problem Today Posted: April 29, 2025 | Last updated: April 29, 2025 Decades after the Chernobyl disaster, the fallout is far from over.
As Ukraine marks the 39th anniversary of the world's worst civilian nuclear accident at the Chernobyl power plant, engineers are struggling to find ways to repair the complex's protective shield ...