Browse here. An exclusion zone remains closed to human habitation, and researchers believe the lack of humans has led to a thriving populations of wild mammals – despite the high radiation levels.

The exclusion zone, which covers a substantial area in Ukraine and some of bordering Belarus, will remain in effect for generations to come, until radiation levels fall to safe enough levels.

An 18-mile radius known as the “Exclusion Zone” was set up around the reactor following the disaster. “When I first came here it was strange.

But soon the researchers watched as a juvenile wolf left the exclusion zone, travelling 370 kilometers over the next 21 days. "Only so many animals can fit into one area and eventually resources ...

The 1986 meltdown at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant caused the the largest ever release of radioactive material into the environment - now a scientific breakthrough indicates humans could return ...

An uninhabited house burns in the middle of a forest fire near the village of Volodymyrivka, in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 5, 2020.