Radioactive Wolves

Scientists study wolf pups living outside the Exclusion Zone in an effort to assess the health of those populations born inside the radioactive area of Chernobyl.

Przewalski's horses have been released in the zone since the 1990s, to help restore the land's original biodiversity.

The ghost city of Pripyat was once a thriving metropolis. Today, it's a city that is green, in an unnerving and unintentional way.

A family of bison ward off a pack of wolves as they begin to feed on a fallen calf.

What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? And how does wildlife deal with the world it inherits after human inhabitants have fled? Radioactive Wolves examines the state of wildlife populations in Chernobyl's exclusion zone, an area that, to this day, remains too radioactive for human habitation.

Enter into the lives of the wolves and other wildlife thriving in the "dead zone" around Chernobyl. 8/7/2013