The story of about 900 Chernobyl dogs adapting to radioactive environment reveals the ongoing impact of the nuclear disaster.

Scientists have made an interesting discoveryStray dogs living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated to

Packs of wild dogs that have thrived in the shadow of the world’s worst nuclear disaster may have evolved more quickly in order to survive.

Rival packs of stray dogs scavenging for scraps around the Chernobyl fallout zone may be evolving faster than other animals to survive in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.Scientists are analysing the impact of the world’s worst nuclear disaster 36 years ago on semi-feral canines that roam the decaying,

Analysis of 116 strays near Chernobyl has shown that there are two canine populations which are genetically distinct from other dogs (Stock)

Scientists took blood samples from 116 stray dogs living near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, which found that two different populations living in the surrounding area were both gen