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Chernobyl dogs are evolving fast, with DNA changes no one expected

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

Dogs of Chernobyl: How radiation may be rewriting the genetics of life in the exclusion zone

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, a population of stray dogs continues to survive among radioactive ...
Gizmodo

Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs Are Genetically Distinct—But Radiation Isn’t the Reason

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...
IFLScience

Frogs Of Chernobyl Adapted To Survive High Radiation. Now, They Don’t Need To

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Forbes

This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation—A Biologist Explains

Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a remarkable species of radiotrophic fungus that is thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and which scientists are studying to unlock applications in a wide range of ...
Snopes.com

Dogs in Chernobyl mysteriously turned blue?

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 ...