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Alleged serial bike thief indicted

A serial burglar has been charged with 43 counts, accused of breaking into three secure storage areas and stealing bikes and ...
Scientists have revealed the reason why dogs living in the nuclear radiation zone of Chernobyl appear to have turned blue - and denied that radiation poisoning is the cause. Wild conspiracy theories ...
There may be a surprising reason behind the mysterious blue dogs that were recently spotted roaming the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Photos taken earlier this year showed several dogs with bright blue ...
'Rapidly-evolving' dogs and frogs that change colour are some of the bizarre animal mutations reported at the radioactive Chernobyl site nearly 40 years on from the nuclear disaster. Scientists ...
Strange things are happening amid the fallout of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. Black fungus found flourishing amid the debris in the ruined plant itself may be “eating” radiation. Frogs are ...
Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to do its main safety function, a nuclear watchdog said. The drone strike ...
Three dogs living at Chernobyl were recently spotted with bright blue fur, sparking a storm of social media speculation that radiation had caused the unusual coloring. Since 2017, the Dogs of ...
The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to ...
A peculiar black fungus discovered in Chernobyl's reactor ruins exhibits an astonishing ability to survive and potentially thrive on extreme radiation. Scientists are exploring its potential as a ...
Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, scientists have discovered a form of life that's thriving on the radiation that's been left behind. A strange black fungus called ...
Dr. Jennifer Betz, medical director for the Dogs of Chernobyl program, said there is a "0% chance that the blue color is related to radiation." In late 2025, social media users began sharing images ...