From Frogs to Dogs: A Surprising Pattern of Evolution in Chernobyl It’s not just dogs that are undergoing genetic transformations in Chernobyl . Other species, including frogs and birds, are ...

The idea of radiation speeding up natural evolution isn’t a new one ... could something similar be happening to Chernobyl’s wild dogs? The study uncovered that the feral dogs living near ...

Rival packs of stray dogs scavenging for scraps around the Chernobyl fallout zone may be evolving faster than other animals to survive in one of the most hostile environments on Earth. Scientists ...

Dogs aren’t the only species affected by the harsh environment of Chernobyl. Songbirds in the Exclusion Zone (CEZ) have ...

Stray dogs living in Chernobyl have evolved to withstand deadly radiation flooding the area almost forty years on from the nuclear catastrophe, a new study has revealed. The so-called 'radiation ...

Rival packs of stray dogs scavenging for scraps around the Chernobyl fallout zone may be evolving faster than other animals to survive in one of the most hostile environments on Earth. Scientists ...

However this isn’t the first time scientists have wondered whether radiation could drive evolution ... Could the same be true for Chernobyl’s dogs? While the study offers a starting point ...

Corkhill said the workers are probably petting the dogs quite often, but "they're the ones going into the reactor every day, so it's part of the risk." The practice of adopting Chernobyl dogs is ...