In the shadow of nuclear disaster, these canines show remarkable resilience to the deadly disease.

• The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) has quickly become a 1,000 square-mile science experiment, as experts use the highly irradiated zone as a chance to understand animal biology placed under those extreme conditions.

• Biologists from Princeton University studied wolves in the CEZ for a decade and found that they’re thriving compared to neighboring wolf packs, likely due to reduced human contact and genetic mutations that protect again cancer.

• The biologists are working with other cancer experts to see if these particular mutations could have therapeutic uses for humans.
  

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