When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, scientists expected the surrounding land to remain uninhabitable for centuries. The accident released large amounts of radioactive material into ...

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Wild images show several dogs near the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant turning blue, baffling workers taking care of them. The alarming-looking dogs — descendants of pets abandoned after the nuclear ...

Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, an abandoned town next to Chernobyl. Pripyat was evacuated right after the 1986 disaster at the nuclear power plant. The city is a complete ghost town.

Roaming in the eerie air of Chernobyl, these wolves are quietly evolving resistance to a radiation which is otherwise toxic ...

One of the most eerie places on earth, which has become a haven for dark tourism, was evacuated and abandoned overnight. Now, ...

On the northern edge of Ukraine, inside the 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned Chornobyl (commonly known as Chernobyl) nuclear plant, thousands of animals now roam freely through ...

Amusement parks are usually filled with laughter and excitement. But the one in Chernobyl, located in the abandoned town of Pripyat, offers a chillingly different experience. Rusting rides and a ...

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Oleksiy Breus was in Chernobyl's control room when disaster struck in 1986. Decades later, he shares the harrowing details of watching colleagues die from radiation poisoning while his own body bore t ...