Mutant black frogs are spawning near the Chernobyl power plant, 36 years after its catastrophic meltdown unleashed one of the worst nuclear disasters in history.

MUTANT black frogs are spawning near the Chernobyl power plant 36 years after its catastrophic meltdown unleashed one of the worst nuclear disasters in history.

The color of Chernobyl tree frogs After detecting the first black frogs in 2016, we decided to study the role of melanin coloration in Chernobyl wildlife.

A SHOCK discovery in mutant black frogs could lead to humans returning to the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone. Scientists have hoped their findings would bring civilisation back to one of… ...

Eastern tree frogs are turning black due to Chernobyl radiation (Credit Getty / German Orizaola/Pablo Burraco) The ongoing radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster 36 years ago is having ...

The study of the Chernobyl black frogs constitutes a first step to better understanding the protective role of melanin in environments affected by radioactive contamination. In addition, it opens the ...

Evolution occurs as species adapt to environmental pressures, and few environments exert pressures like the Chernobyl exclusion zone. A new study shows evolution in action as frogs within the ...

Four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, something weird—but wonderful—is happening inside the Chernobyl ...

This study suggests that, despite Chernobyl's radioactive past, current radiation levels are not enough to disrupt key biological processes in Eastern tree frogs.

Civilsation could return to the irradiated forests of Chernobyl, after scientists studying mutant black frogs in the exclusion zone made a shocking discovery.

After detecting the first black frogs in 2016, we decided to study the role of melanin colouration in Chernobyl wildlife.