Chernobyls

Scientists in Chernobyl have discovered the nuclear disaster has had lasting effects on a local population: tree frogs.Many of the frogs, which are normally a vibrant green, have turned black. Two…

Higher melanin levels are turning Chernobyl's tree frogs pitch-black — and also protecting them from the harmful effects of radiation. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty ImagesA dog in the ghost town of…

Chernobyl is the oldest destroyed nuclear reactor in the world, and it makes no sense what could happen to it. E. However, scientists say a new disaster is unlikely. Roman Godun, head of the safety…

The "elephant's foot" formation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The mass formed during the ... Reactor melt when radioactive lava burned down several floors into the basement of the…