Radiation levels increased about 20-fold ... "The increased movement of people and vehicles in and around the Chernobyl zone will have kicked up radioactive dust that's on the ground," Prof ...
Tiny worms that live in the highly radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone were found to be immune to radiation — which scientists hope could provide clues about why some humans develop cancer ...
Wolves in Ukraine's Chernobyl area ... team visited the Exclusion Zone (CEZ) in 2014, equipping wolves with radio collars to track their movements and monitor radiation exposure in real time.
Most of the site has been decontaminated, so foot traffic probably wouldn't release enough radiation to threaten people outside the exclusion zone. Even if Chernobyl were attacked, experts said ...