For nearly four decades the area surrounding the ruined Soviet reactor has remained largely empty of people, yet full of wildlife adapting to an unusual landscape. After the April 1986 explosion at ...

This stainless-steel dome entombs the remains of the Chernobyl reactor No. 4 core. 3 / 5 In fear of a nuclear attack from the United States and NATO allies, each child was issued a gas mask that was ...

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone remains one of Earth's most haunting yet paradoxical places, where death and life intertwine in ways no scientist ever predicted. Nearly 39 years after the world's worst ...

For nearly 40 years, the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has remained off-limits to the human population, allowing nature to reclaim its territory. In recent weeks, an unusual discovery ...

When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer than the initial blast. Researchers sequenced the genomes of Chernobyl ...

Ukraine appears to have destroyed a rare Soviet-era armored fighting vehicle. The Ladoga was designed for use in "doomsday" environments. There are thought to be only four or five in existence.