Abandoned spaces can quickly revert to habitats for a wide variety of species, showing how resilient nature is in recovering ...

For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, absorbing low doses of radiation that would keep most people far away.

It's well known that too much exposure to radiation is hazardous to living organisms like humans, but nudging along evolution ...

For years, scientists have kept a close eye on the animals around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the hopes of learning from the one-of-a-kind accidental radiation exposure experiment currently ...

John DeCando, the chief animal control officer in Paterson, knows there are people who can’t afford food, let alone a gift, for their dog or cat. So, DeCando has coordinated an annual drive to provide ...

There may be a surprising reason behind the mysterious blue dogs that were recently spotted roaming the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Photos taken earlier this year showed several dogs with bright blue ...

A protective shield at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, has been in disrepair for 10 months as a result of a Russian drone strike. Officials from the ...

Several dogs with blue fur were spotted in October roaming the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster. (Credit: Clean Futures Fund via Storyful) 'We're in a metals war': Gold, silver track their best year ...

The unique coloring is not the result of radiation, according to a scientific advisor for Dogs of Chernobyl Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...

The scientist is an advisor for Dogs of Chernobyl, the Clean Futures Fund-affiliated organization that cares for the dogs stuck at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine The real reason that blue ...