Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ten years on from one of the 21st century's greatest disasters, new research suggests wildlife in Fukushima is not just ...

Wild boar, foxes, raccoon dogs and rabbits appear to be thriving in a part of Japan where humans dare not live. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

When an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered what is considered the worst nuclear accident since the historic Chernobyl disaster. As with ...

To study the lingering impacts of the nuclear disaster that occurred this past March in Fukushima, Japan, scientists there are designing radiation-detecting collars that they plan to fit onto wild ...

More than 10 years ago, the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami damaged the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant, resulting in a massive release of radioactive material into the environment.

When dangerously high levels of radiation spewed from the Chernobyl nuclear plant in 1986 after an explosion in one of the reactors the effects were devastating. Not only was the accident responsible ...

Radiation released by the tsunami-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant could have long-lasting consequences for the natural environment in the vicinity of the damaged plant. Scientists ...

Between 2016 and 2018, researchers studied wild boar and rat snakes across a range of radiation exposures in Fukushima. The team examined biomarkers of DNA damage and stress and did not find any ...