This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, that saw a nuclear power plant go into meltdown before exploding and sending lethal dust into the air. A staggering 56,700 square miles ...

British cinematographer Danny Cooke has captured the abandoned city of Pripyat in the Chernobyl Zone Of Alienation on film using a drone. Cooke shot the footage when he was in Chernobyl on assignment ...

Most people who visit Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone are interested in seeing the deserted city of Pripyat, a place full of decay. The Ukrainian government is increasingly promoting the zone as a place ...

Microscopic worms that live their lives in the highly radioactive environment of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) appear to do so completely free of radiation damage. Nematodes collected from the ...

It was a day more suited to a T-shirt and shorts, but that could never be adhered to in this place — even if the sun was shining. Closed shoes, long sleeves and bottoms are required as full body ...

The Ukrainian military has started conducting military exercises within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The soldiers have taken to Pripyat, the city nearest the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, to conduct ...

"During my stay, I met so many amazing people, one of which was my guide Yevgein, also known as a 'Stalker'. We spent the week together exploring Chernobyl and the nearby abandoned city of Prypiat.

Though the exercise was hypothetical, the ammunition was real, reverberating through the abandoned structures that are still marked with Soviet insignia. The Chernobyl region borders Belarus, where ...