Surviving in a poisoned land: Chernobyl's wildlife is different, but not in the ways you might think

It's 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster. This is what it has meant for wildlife living around the devastated nuclear power plant.
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Chernobyl at 40: See the haunting photos of the world’s worst nuclear disaster

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster released massive radiation and affected millions. Dozens died immediately, with thousands more linked to long-term effects. The area remains restricted as cleanup continues ...

Inside Chernobyl's shadow community, 40 years after disaster

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and war, come and go in a landscape still teeming with radiation. "We are just ...

I was evacuated from Chernobyl as a child, but our nightmare continued

"I often wonder what my life could have looked like. My connection to Chernobyl remains, but it is only one part of who I am." ...
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Ukrainians thought they had reduced the risks at Chernobyl. Then Russia invaded

PRIPYAT, Ukraine (AP) — The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart in the dead of night. The first, at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, spread a cloud of deadly radiation ...

EXCLUSIVE: Inside UK's forgotten Chernobyl 'dirty zone' - toxic sheep, lethal rain and cancer woes

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl, The Mirror visits Bala, Wales, where pollution from the horror blast caused years of upheaval for the peaceful farming community, and left a devastating leg ...