These aren’t the places you’d expect to glow with danger, yet they do. Some are relics of the Cold War, others are industrial accidents buried under decades of denial, and a few are simply the result of nature’s own radioactive quirks. Here are 14 places around the world where the air, soil, or even the water is secretly radioactive.

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has been a hot bed of genetic study, as scientists examine how various species react to long-term radiation exposure. While the the 1,000-square-mile zone has been host to cases of rapid evolution and other evolutionary changes ...

Tiny worms that live in the highly radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone were found to be immune to radiation — which scientists hope could provide clues about why some humans develop cancer, while others do not. The 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl ...

Chernobyl wolves are growing resistant to cancer despite their high radiation exposure. The wolves are exposed to six times the legal safety limit of radiation for humans. Decades after the nuclear disaster, wolves are showing genetic dispositions to ...

Microscopic worms in Chernobyl remain unscathed despite having been long exposed to radiation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Tiny worms in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) in ...

Mutant wolves that roam the human-free Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have developed cancer-resilient genomes that could be key to helping humans fight the deadly disease, according to a study. The wild animals have managed to adapt and survive the high levels ...

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been on backup power for over a week, and Ukrainian officials and the International Atomic Energy Agency are sounding the alarm.