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Dogs living around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster are turning blue, but scientists think the explanation is rather simple

Shutterstock When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had a meltdown, it was a terrifying event for people around the world. As ...
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Chernobyl's stray dogs are 'genetically distinct' 40 years after the massive nuclear radiation leak, scientists find

Stray dogs hang out near an abandoned, partially-completed cooling tower at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Sean Gallup/Getty Images Dogs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are "genetically ...
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Chernobyl dogs are evolving fast, with DNA changes no one expected

The stray dogs that roam the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have become unlikely protagonists in a scientific debate about how life ...
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Chernobyl’s feral dogs are genetically unique, but not mutated

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.
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In the Shadow of Chernobyl, a Pack of Dogs Unlike Any Other Roams the Wasteland

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...
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The Dogs of Chernobyl May Not Be Mutating After All, Study Claims

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...
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Are the Dogs of Chernobyl Actually Mutating?

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...
Newsweek

Chernobyl Radiation Caused Frogs to Genetically Mutate, Turning Black

The radioactive fallout of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster has resulted in the rapid evolution of species nearby. "Skin coloration was darker in localities closest to areas with high ...
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Chernobyl’s mutant wolves developing resistance to cancer, study says

Wolves in Chernobyl’s radiation zone appear to have developed a resistance to cancer after being exposed to high levels of radiation in the wake of the nuclear disaster 35 years ago, according to a ...
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Chernobyl’s Stray Dogs Are Genetically Distinct—But Radiation Isn’t the Reason

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine, exploded, spewing massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Almost four decades later, the stray dogs ...
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Chernobyl's stray dogs are 'genetically distinct' 40 years after the massive nuclear radiation leak, scientists find

Almost 40 years after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, hundreds of feral dogs still live in the abandoned area surrounding the ruins of the Ukrainian power station. The canine population is now the ...