Why foxes, bears and bison are once again around Chernobyl, 40 years after the disaster

Signs warning people not to enter the forests surrounding Chernobyl.

In E. J. Swift’s novel When There Are Wolves Again, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy are translated into a near future where natural habitats are diminished and unstable. This work of ecofiction deftly explores the question of possible paths forward for the return of animals to areas of reduced natural habitat. In the real … Read more