Forty years after the accident, some residents still refuse to leave, even after Vladimir Putin’s army occupied the area in 2022. EL PAÍS visited the exclusion zone and heard the stories of those who

"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds."

"Relative abundances of elk, roe deer, red deer, and wild boar within the Chernobyl exclusion zone are similar to those in four (uncontaminated) nature reserves in the region," writes a team led by wildlife ecologist Tatiana Deryabina of the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable future, it will be an army-controlled security belt.

Chernobyl's past and present collide as residents and workers reflect on the 1986 disaster and Russia's recent invasion.

Residents of the region continue to battle health and environmental issues from the April 26, 1986, disaster as conflict rages around them.

The disaster that struck at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and the dogs and their offspring who survived, presented a unique research opportunity for a University of South

Ukrainians gathered in the city of Slavutych to remember those affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 40 years ago.

Russia’s invasion deepens the saga of Ukraine’s Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. A woman who fled war and ended up there says, “We overcame radiation. We will overcome Russia, too.”

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