New genetic clues could reveal what the 1986 disaster left inside stray dogs.

From fieldwork to genomes: how scientists study Chernobyl’s dogs Turning those feral populations into data starts with fieldwork that looks more like animal rescue than a physics experiment.

When a nuclear disaster struck Chernobyl in 1986, it turned a bustling Soviet city into a ghost town by forcing residents to leave everything behind, including their pets. Today, they're known as ...

Forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, one of the region's most unexpected survivors is a population of free-roaming dogs that may offer insight into how life adapts in contaminated ...

Stray dogs living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone whose fur turned bright blue likely got their color from rolling in a tipped-over porta-potty, according to local animal volunteers. The periwinkle ...

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 ...

The mystery behind bright-blue dogs spotted wandering the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has been solved, according to one expert. Timothy Mousseau of the University of South Carolina, a scientific adviser ...

The restricted zone around Chernobyl is eerily quiet but one building near the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster is full of barking and whining. The long, one-storey structure once served as ...

John and Andrew introduce the unexpected populations of dogs living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and note dogs have been present since the 1986 disaster. While the Exclusion Zone contains the ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, exploded—a combination of poor ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The photographs were real, but the explanation has more to do with ordinary dog behavior, ...