<img src=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2022/chernobyl-black-frogs.jpg” alt=”Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action” title=”Extremes of the colour gradient of the Eastern San Antonio frog (Hyla orientalis). On the left, a specimen captured in Chernobyl inside the high contamination zone; on the right, a specimen captured outside the Exclusion Zone. Credit: Germán Orizaola/Pablo Burraco, <a class=”license” href=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/”>CC BYExtremes of the colour gradient of the Eastern San Antonio frog (Hyla orientalis). On the left, a specimen captured in Chernobyl inside the high contamination zone; on the right, a specimen captured outside the Exclusion Zone. Credit: Germán Orizaola/Pablo Burraco,CC BY
The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human history. The impact of the acute exposure to high doses of radiation was severefor the environment and the human population
Exposing the Big Game 