Two wild horses grazing in a grassy field, showcasing their natural habitat and unique coloration.

Two wild horses grazing in a grassy field, showcasing their natural habitat and unique coloration.
Wild Horses roam freely around the exclusion zone

Nature is more resilient than we imagine.

The world was shaken to the core forty years ago, on April 26, 1986, when an explosion in reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that destroyed the reactor core and ignited a graphite fire.

The worst nuclear disaster in history unfolded.

A massive plume of radioactive material was released into the atmosphere, contaminating large areas of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, with fallout spreading across much of Europe.

Aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant aftermath, showcasing the damaged reactor and surrounding structures following the catastrophic 1986 disaster.
Photo was taken from a helicopter several months after the explosion – photo by IAEA/Wiki Commons

But today, four decades later, on contaminated land that is still too dangerous for human life, a variety of animals have returned to the exclusion zone.

Watch: blue dogs in Chernobyl – it’s actually not radiation, but a dye used in portable toilets.

Volunteers in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have discovered packs of dogs with bright blue fur, Daily Mail reports.

According to researchers, the animals appear healthy and active despite their unusual coloration.…

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Associated Press reported:

“Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski’s horses — stocky, sand-colored and almost toy-like in appearance — graze in a radioactive landscape larger than Luxembourg.

[…] Four decades on, Chernobyl — which is transliterated as ‘Chornobyl’ in Ukraine — remains too dangerous for humans. But the wildlife has moved back in.”

Pack of wild dogs scavenging in a muddy landscape, with remains of prey visible nearby.
Pack of wolves in Chernobyl

“Wolves now prowl the vast no-man’s-land spanning Ukraine and Belarus, and brown bears have returned after more than a century. Populations of lynx, moose, red deer and even free-roaming packs of dogs have rebounded.”

Watch: the variety of thriving animals in Chernobyl.

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