Scientist believe that black frogs were protected by radiation thanks to the melanin in their skin, giving hope that the area may be viable once more. advertisement. Green Matters.

The black frogs were found to age at the same rate as green frogs in non-nuclear zones Credit: Credit: Pen News/German Orizaola-Pablo Burraco. 6.

Civilsation could return to the irradiated forests of Chernobyl, after scientists studying mutant black frogs in the exclusion zone made a shocking discovery.. In 1986, a meltdown at Chernobyl ...

For around 250 million years, frogs have survived ice ages, asteroid crashes, and epic environmental catastrophes. Today, about a third of total amphibian species are on the verge of extinction.

The frogs were bred as part of NSW government program to prevent endangered species from going extinct and is among other ...

Poison dart frogs are hard to miss. They’re bright, agile, and as their name suggests, toxic. But at least a few of these showy amphibians have gone under the radar, until now.

A SHOCK discovery in mutant black frogs could lead to humans returning to the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone. Scientists have hoped their findings would bring civilisation back to one ...