Fungus near Chernobyl may be feeding on radiation

Close-up of a bitter bracket fungus (VillaK/shutterstock.com)

Wildlife continually surprises us in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Dogs left behind that escaped execution survived and bred. Frogs evolved darker skin to protect themselves from the damaging radiation. Now, a humble fungus has apparently evolved not just to survive amid ionizing radiation but…