The Eurasian lynx vanished for nearly a century from most of Europe, but it has made a big comeback in the radioactive exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in northern Ukraine.

The Eurasian lynx vanished for nearly a century from most of Europe, but it has made a big comeback in the radioactive exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in northern Ukraine. For ...

Ever since the nuclear disaster of 1986, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become an animal haven of sorts. These rare horses are making a comeback there.

And since humans might not be allowed to safely set up shop in Chernobyl again for around 24,000 years, plants and animals can continue reaping those benefits for the foreseeable future. [h/t ...

The Chernobyl boar aren’t just visitors from the past, it turns out. Thanks to the longevity of radiation, they are also visitors from the future. Human control comes with a dose of repression.

When we think of ecological successes, it’s unlikely the 1986 Chernobyl disaster is high on anyone’s list. ... “Our camera trap surveys in Ukraine have photographed Eurasian lynx, ...