Tree Frogs Near Chernobyl Have Adapted To The Radiation By Changing Colors, New Study Finds
Higher melanin levels are turning Chernobyl’s tree frogs pitch-black — and also protecting them from the harmful effects of radiation. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP via Getty ImagesA dog in the touch town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant . In 1986 , catastrophe struck reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant , release an unprecedented amount of radioactive material that wreaked havoc on both the environs and the surround human population ....