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Bears now roam the Chernobyl dead zone - and the mutations are hard to ignore

After the Chernobyl reactor exploded in 1986, deadly radiation spread through the surrounding forests, killing animals, twisting trees, and leaving the area mostly uninhabitable for humans. But over ...

Wasteland turned wildlife hotspot: Nearly 40 years after Chernobyl, nature and science are both thriving in the poisonous land

Back in 1986, when reactor no. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded on April 26, 1986, it sent radioactive fallout ...