Chernobyl worms have special superpower: Study [Video]

(WJW) – A new study has found worms collected in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have a special type of superpower.

The 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant transformed the area around it into the most radioactive landscape on Earth, researchers say.

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According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the blast caused mutations in plants and animals.

After the explosion, leaves changed shape and some animals were born with physical deformities.

However, researchers at New York University found that chronic radiation hasn’t harmed one creature.

Microscopic worms living there today have been found to be exceptionally resilient to radiation, according to the study.

NYU researchers collected worms in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

They found the genomes of the microscopic worms undamaged.

In recent years, some animals living in the area have been found to be physically and genetically different from the same creatures living outside of the zone.

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