Four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, wildlife including rare Przewalski’s horses has rebounded in the exclusion zone.
With humans gone, animals such as wolves, brown bears, lynx, and moose now thrive, adapting to the radioactive landscape.
Despite lingering radiation and new threats from military activity, scientists view the area as a striking example of nature’s resilience and recovery.
Is Chernobyl's wildlife boom a true recovery or does it mask a deeper genetic catastrophe?
Is war now a greater threat to Chernobyl's unique wildlife than the radiation itself?
Could Chernobyl's strange radiation-eating fungi become a revolutionary tool for nuclear cleanup?
Can Chernobyl's damaged tomb be fixed in time to avert another European nuclear disaster?
Should the military strike on Chernobyl’s containment be prosecuted as a global environmental war crime?