The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster of 1986 transformed a once-thriving region of Ukraine into a radioactive wasteland ...

Microscopic worms that live their lives in the highly radioactive environment of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) appear to ...

These worms, called nematodes, have simple genomes and a short lifespan, which enabled researchers to study their multiple ...

Minuscule worms living in the toxic and highly radioactive Chernobyl exclusion zone could help scientists advance DNA repair ...

Researchers led by Sophia Tintori from New York University collected specimens of the nematode species Oscheius tipulae from ...

Dogs living near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have mutated to develop a new superpower - they are immune to radiation, heavy metals and pollution. Scientists collected blood ...