With humans largely out of the picture, wildlife has returned to the once-settled Chernobyl area. Last year, researchers found that the region's grey wolves have become largely immune to the ...

Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, scientists have discovered a form of life that's thriving on the radiation that's been left behind. A strange black fungus called ...

Black mold discovered inside at the site of the infamous reactor meltdown in 1986 appears to use ionizing radiation as an energy source. James Spicer pose in front of the door to the simulated Martian ...