But… they had survived. For years, in fact. And now, 40 years post-Chernobyl, the wolves in the Exclusion Zone aren’t just thriving despite the radiation – they seem to have developed an outright ...
About 100 miles southwest of the city of Gomel lies the ghost of a town that once died a half-death on April 26, 1986. An abandoned town sits flanked by mounds of radiation-laced material that no one ...
After the 1986 nuclear disaster, humans largely left the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. With less hunting, farming, and development, wildlife moved back in. Wolves in particular expanded their numbers.