The researchers studied blood changes and signs of radiation exposure in 61 monkeys living 43 miles ... The results showed Fukushima monkeys had lower counts of red and white blood cells, ...

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded in 1986. Research on the aftermath of the disaster found concerning effects of radiation exposure on people, animals, insects and plants. The ...

The researchers studied blood changes and signs of radiation exposure in 61 monkeys living 43 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, about one year after an earthquake and tsunami ...

Wild monkeys living in forests of Fukushima — the Japanese city that was the site of a nuclear power plant meltdown in 2011 — have lower blood cell counts than monkeys from northern Japan, and ...