Wildlife Thrives in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Despite high radioactivity, wild animals such as wolves and brown bears are flourishing in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, returning to the area after more than a century.

20 Apr, 07:41 — 20 Apr, 07:41

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The IndependentMostly Factual61d ago

Chernobyl is too radioactive for humans – but wild animals are thriving like never before

Wolves now prowl the vast no-man’s-land spanning Ukraine and Belarus, and brown bears have returned after more than a century

By Derek Gatopoulos and Evgeniy Maloletka

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Wildlife Thrives in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

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Chernobyl is too radioactive for humans – but wild animals are thriving like never before

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