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Fukushima’s radioactive soil contaminates snakes

September 9, 2020

The first thing Hannah Gerke noticed in her research area was the lushness. Plants in yards and along roads were overgrown. Animals had clearly gotten into some of the nearby houses. But what she couldn’t …

Wildlife is thriving in radioactive Fukushima

February 6, 2020

Wildlife is thriving in Japan’s Fukushima area, the site of a 2011 nuclear power plant accident, with many native species recolonizing areas off limits to humans. TWS member James Beasely, a wildlife biologist at the …