Chernobyl: At site of world's worst nuclear disaster, the animals have returned
Monday, October 5, 2015 - 14:20
in Earth & Climate
In 1986, after a fire and explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant released radioactive particles into the air, thousands of people left the area, never to return. Now, researchers have found that the Chernobyl site looks less like a disaster zone and more like a nature preserve, teeming with elk, roe deer, red deer, wild boar, and wolves.