Amid the fractured concrete and lingering radiation of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a microscopic lifeform has taken root where humans cannot. First documented in the late 1990s, a black ...

In 1986, an explosion at Reactor 4 in Chernobyl created one of Earth's most dangerous places. Scientists believed nothing could survive there for centuries. However, decades later, researchers found ...

With humans largely out of the picture, wildlife has returned to the once-settled Chernobyl area. Last year, researchers found that the region's grey wolves have become largely immune to the ...

Few environmental tragedies have been as deeply ingrained in popular culture as the Chernobyl disaster. In 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffered an explosion of unprecedented proportions, ...

Black mold discovered inside at the site of the infamous reactor meltdown in 1986 appears to use ionizing radiation as an energy source. James Spicer pose in front of the door to the simulated Martian ...