When a nuclear disaster empties a landscape of people, nature doesn’t politely wait for instructions. It moves in. After the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, entire ...

More than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear accident forced a mass evacuation, the region remains a ghost town for humans. But when humans go away, wildlife comes right back in. Among the most ...

Invasive species are imported as livestock, pets and attractions in zoos. Some hitch rides on plants, on the bottom of a boot, in the ballast of ships. Then they wreak havoc. Here's how we're ...

A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar. The research shows that domestic pig ...

Wild or feral pigs are a challenge in many parts of the US. Various states have taken different approaches to deal with them, and some have been more successful than others. The stakes are high ...