'Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests

Scientists say marine life has proved 'remarkably resilient' despite the Pacific island being declared a wasteland in the 1950s

The former island paradise of Bikini Atoll is slowing blooming back to life, 70 years after the United States dropped 23 nuclear bombs on it, including a device in 1954 that was 1,100-times larger than the Hiroshima atom bomb.

A team of scientists from Stanford University have been surprised to discover an abundance of marine life apparently thriving in the crater of Bikini Atoll, which was declared a nuclear wasteland after the bombings, with its 167 inhabitants relocated to other islands.