A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when ...

Under the crippled reactors of Fukushima Daiichi, in spaces once assumed to be sterile and lifeless, scientists are finding ...

The utility that operates the Fukushima plant that melted down in 2011 restarted a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, which it also operates in north-central Japan ...

The world's largest nuclear power plant is shutting down a reactor due to a glitch. The No. 6 reactor at Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant restarted Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 ...

In Earth's highly radioactive hotspots, life can get pretty strange – from fungus that seems to thrive to an explosion of vertebrate diversity in the absence of human interference. A different story ...

Hybridization between domestic animals and wildlife is a growing concern worldwide, particularly as feral pigs and wild boar ...

Ionizing radiation apparently didn’t prevent some types of bacteria from breeding in the water, but astonishingly, they are ...

A group of scientists has published findings on bacteria which survived extreme conditions at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

Since the nuclear disaster, Fukushima has become a powerhouse for renewables in Japan. But the prefecture is still pursuing ...

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, killing at least four people, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 ...