In a Kyiv apartment building housing the families of Chernobyl workers, a wartime tragedy strikes three friends preparing to mark 40 years since the nuclear accident.

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear ...

Forty years on from the disaster, children affected by the fallout recall respite trips to the UK.

Svetlana Alexievich is Belarus’ only Nobel Laureate – but the exiled journalist’s work is suppressed within her own country.

It is estimated that 22,000 hectares were burned during the Russian invasion of Chernobyl. Several Przewalski’s horses have ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Almost 40 years after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, hundreds of feral dogs still live in the abandoned area surrounding the ruins of the ...

When a nuclear disaster struck Chernobyl in 1986, it turned a bustling Soviet city into a ghost town by forcing residents to leave everything behind, including their pets. Today, they’re known as ...

On 25 April 2026, nuclear experts warn that Russia’s military actions near Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia could risk another ...

Mutant wolves that roam the human-free Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have developed cancer-resilient genomes that could be key to helping humans fight the deadly disease, according to a study. The wild ...

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 ...