In the new research, Dillon and team analyzed whole-genome sequence data collected from 106 dogs between 2018 and 2019, ...

New genetic clues could reveal what the 1986 disaster left inside stray dogs.

A new genome study of 106 dogs near the Chernobyl plant finds hints of natural selection, not new mutations, behind their ...

The story of Chernobyl has long carried a chilling epilogue: that the people who rushed in to contain the disaster doomed not only themselves, but their children, to hidden genetic damage. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer than ...

Scientists are investigating whether radiation from the Chernobyl disaster caused genetic changes in dogs living near the ...

A study of 302 Chernobyl dogs found distinct genetic populations near the nuclear plant and in Chernobyl City, about 15 km ...

Stray dogs living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone whose fur turned bright blue likely got their color from rolling in a tipped-over porta-potty, according to local animal volunteers. The periwinkle ...

A pack of blue-furred dogs has been spotted at Chernobyl, the infamous site of a 1986 nuclear meltdown. Pictures of the blue dogs started spreading online, instantly sparking panic about genetically ...

The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the children of those originally exposed, researchers have found – the first time such ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2018, 15 puppies from Chernobyl went to live with American families, according to SPCA International.

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." About an hour and a half past midnight on April 26, 1986, an unexpected power surge coursed through a ...