Melanic frogs of Chernobyl

October 10, 2022

In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear accident (also spelled "Chornobyl") in northern Ukraine released unprecedented amounts of radioactive material into the environment. Within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Burrac and Orizaola (2022) studied the eastern tree frog (Hyla orientalis) and found greater…