Research over the years has found that a black mold, formed from a number of different fungi, has been growing toward radioactive particles, and surviving on ionizing radiation, at the Chernobyl ...

A fungus at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has adapted to 'feed' on levels of radiation that would be lethal to most life forms. Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a highly resilient black ...

Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved: Nearly four decades after the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the exclusion zone remains one of the most dangerous places on the ...