In the forests and wetlands around the ruined Chernobyl reactor, a small amphibian has quietly rewritten the script on how life copes with catastrophe. Eastern tree frogs that were once bright green ...

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Almost 40 years ago, reactor number four exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since then, the surrounding area has become, to the surprise of many, one of Europe’s largest nature reserves.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Many animal mutations have been documented in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) following the infamous nuclear disaster in 1986, including Eastern ...

Question: About two months ago I found a tree frog in my parents backyard and was curious about the species of the frog. From what I can tell it appears to be a Gray Tree Frog however it is quite ...

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Tree frogs near Chernobyl nuclear disaster site adapted to historic radiation with darker coloring, going from green to black, study finds. Photo from Pablo Burraco and Germán Orizaola via Wiley ...

A study on the black frogs titled "Ionizing radiation and melanism in Chornobyl tree frogs" has been published in the journal Evolutionary Applications. Since the nuclear disaster at the Chornobyl ...

In the wild, frog romance is a raucous affair. When it’s time to mate, the female eastern gray tree frog makes her way to the pond, when there could be hundreds of potential suitors each calling to ...