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 ...

Forty years ago, the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl sent plumes of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Now, New ...

Dr. Jennifer Betz, medical director for the Dogs of Chernobyl program, said there is a "0% chance that the blue color is related to radiation." In late 2025, social media users began sharing images ...

Now, if you're not familiar with the dogs of Chernobyl, they're comprised of a collection of one-time family pets that had to be left behind following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster's mass ...

Homeless wild dog in old radioactive zone in Pripyat city - abandoned ghost town after nuclear disaster. Chernobyl exclusion zone.© Sergiy Romanyuk/Shutterstock.com An area of about 1,000 square miles ...

The descendants of pets abandoned by those fleeing the Chernobyl disaster are now striking up a curious relationship with humans charged with guarding the contaminated area. As we head towards the end ...

A mothballed nuclear power station surrounded by wasteland, rubble and abandoned buildings is not what most people associate with a UNESCO World Heritage site. But that is exactly what Ukraine has in ...