Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident are still being felt.

Years after the accident, more than 200,000 additional people were resettled into less-contaminated areas in nearby regions.

The Chernobyl disaster alerted Soviet leaders to the need for a better “safety culture” within its nuclear program—but the ...

"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds." ...

Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of the aftermath years later show the response, the evacuation ...

Their mission was to clean up the worst nuclear accident in history. Following the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the ...

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable ...

‘I miss our land. Chernobyl broke us’: The families who lost their homes after world’s worst nuclear accident - IN FOCUS: For ...

Ukraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant — the worst civilian ...

The BBC's Jessica Parker visits Pripyat, which was abandoned in 1986 after an explosion at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power ...

Humans seem to be worse than nuclear radiation for wildlife. Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the exclusion zone has ...

Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia have killed at least 16 people. The attacks on Sunday coincided ...