Since 2016, we have studied populations of Eastern tree frogs (Hyla orientalis) in Chernobyl. Visiting the area for several ...
Frogs living in Chernobyl have been subjected to radioactive materials that still persist around the area. You would think ...
In 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster led to the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human ...
The radiation levels experienced by the frogs living in Chernobyl have not affected their age or their rate of aging. These ...
This research is among the first to closely examine how chronic, low-level radiation affects the physiology of animals in ...
The frogs residing in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone appear remarkably unaffected by radiation when it comes to their age and ...
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Humans may be unable to return to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster for 20,000 years because of the radiation.
So a team of international researchers wondered how frogs living across the site were affected. Since the evacuation of human occupants, the 2,800 square km Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in northern ...