The stray dogs that roam the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have become unlikely protagonists in a scientific debate about how life ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

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.

After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, scientists wondered whether the dogs living in the area are undergoing rapid evolution, ...

Four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, something weird—but wonderful—is happening inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: the dogs that roam the radioactive area are rapidly evolving. And ...

Dogs of Chernobyl shared a new Instagram video featuring blue dogs wandering through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The organization revealed in the post that they were present at the site, capturing ...

(WJW) – Several unusual-colored dogs have been seen roaming the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that happened almost 40 years ago. The Dogs of Chernobyl, a project affiliated with the Clean ...

Dr. Jennifer Betz, medical director for the Dogs of Chernobyl program, said there is a "0% chance that the blue color is related to radiation." In late 2025, social media users began sharing images ...

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 ...

Wild images show several dogs near the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant turning blue, baffling workers taking care of them. The alarming-looking dogs — descendants of pets abandoned after the nuclear ...

A mystery involving dogs with bright blue fur at the Chernobyl disaster site in Ukraine left people wondering if radiation or artificial intelligence was to blame, but a veterinarian working in the ...