This research is among the first to closely examine how chronic, low-level radiation affects the physiology of animals in ...

In 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster led to the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human ...

The frogs of Chernobyl demonstrate that the impossible may not exist. These small amphibians have shown resilience to the ...

Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a remarkable species of radiotrophic fungus that is thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ...

The radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These ...

Charlie is the Marketing Coordinator and Writer for IFLScience, she’s currently completing a undergraduate degree in Forensic ...

When the design was debuted at a beauty pageant on July 5, 1946, the name “Bikini” first went public as a hat-tip to the atoll where the United States begun Operation Crossroads days before. It ...

The April 26, 1986 explosion of the Number 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is often considered to be the worst ...

“We’re keeping calm for the time being,” Mr Heiko told his colleague, even though there were no guidelines for what employees at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant should do in the event of wa ...

The exclusion zone around the abandoned nuclear site has become a haven for wildlife. Find out how it is being affected.

Until the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the Windscale fire was one of the worst nuclear accidents in history and remains the worst in Britain. Windscale was the world’s first full-scale atomic ...

A group of YouTubers went diving with a DIY scuba outfit under the radioactive Chernobyl power unit. Yeah, I know, that sounds like some mad story I’ve just generated on a wheel, but these people ...