Radioactive Wolves: Full Episode
Filmmakers and scientists set out to document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the “dead zone” that still surrounds the remains of the reactor.

Filmmakers and scientists set out to document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the “dead zone” that still surrounds the remains of the reactor.
Photos taken in Chernobyl's exclusion zone during the filming of Radioactive Wolves.
Radioactive Wolves writer and director on filming in Chernobyl's radioactive exclusion zone and its surprising wildlife population.
The ghost city of Pripyat was once a thriving metropolis. Today, it's a city that is green, in an unnerving and unintentional way.
Scientists study wolf pups living outside Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone in an effort to assess the health of those populations born inside the radioactive area of Chernobyl.
What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? And how does wildlife deal with the world it inherits after human inhabitants have fled?
A family of bison ward off a pack of wolves as they begin to feed on a fallen calf.
Scientists continue to debate when, where, and why dogs evolved from wolves, but they are clear on one issue: the physical alterations that mark the transformation.
Traditionally, experts studying the evolution of dogs believed that domestication was a conscious effort of humans. Biologist Raymond Coppinger disputes this theory.
I'm just back from another trip to the Alaska Peninsula where I had an incredible experience with a wolf and managed to capture it on film.
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