It’s a wildlife preserve unlike anywhere else on the planet. About 4,300 square kilometers of untamed wilderness, chock full of thriving populations of animal species that are going extinct everywhere else. Not only are humans not allowed to live here, but most wouldn’t want to live here either.
Because, this is Chernobyl.
After the lethal 1986 nuclear explosion that left thousands dead from radioactive fallout, authorities created an exclusion zone around the reactor, forcing humans to flee, leaving everything behind. Soon, wildlife moved in to take advantage of the human-free landscape. Animals like moose, bears, and wolves now populate this massive area. And now, for the first time, researchers have spotted a wolf leaving this radioactive zone, and traveling over
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