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.. Eastern tree frogs are meant to ...

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. Eastern tree frogs are meant to have… ...

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.

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 ...

Researchers revealed in a 2022 study that these frogs had black instead of green skin. New studies have disclosed that these Chernobyl frogs lived just as long as their green counterparts, and ...

The explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 released a huge amount of radioactive material into the environment and it is now at the center of an exclusion zone encompassing 1,000 ...

Civilsation could return to the irradiated forests of Chernobyl, after scientists studying mutant black frogs in the exclusion zone made a shocking discovery.. In 1986, a meltdown at Chernobyl ...

Chernobyl: Nuclear disaster boosted numbers of black, radiation-resistant ‘mutant’ frogs The fallout from the catastrophic 1986 meltdown has led to a clear example of Darwinian natural ...

A recent study reveals that current radiation levels in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone are not significantly impacting the age, stress levels, or aging rate of local wildlife, particularly the ...

Our work reveals that Chernobyl tree frogs have a much darker colouration than frogs captured in control areas outside the zone. As we found out in 2016, some are pitch-black.