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[narrator] All the wildlife left behind in Fukushima's nuclear exclusion zone

-is revealing extraordinary levels of resilience. -All right.

[narrator] Professor Tim Mousseau is just starting to uncover

the true scale of this bizarre new Eden.

We actually started this project here in Fukushima,

uh, about three years ago.

Um, we put out traps at about 50 different locations

and they've been running and we've accumulated

many hundreds of thousands of images [laughs]

of different kinds of animals, animals over these past few years.

And we're now just starting to really come to some appreciation

of where the animals are preferring to live

and how these populations are growing over time.

[narrator] Tim's cameras are revealing the successful antics

of many of Fukushima's animal survivors.

From mice and boars to civets and even raccoons.

And there are also a few surprises.

A black bear.

And an animal that was rare even before the disaster.

The Japanese serow.

But one animal remains a mystery.

The Japanese macaque.

Our closest relative and the only primate

that has ever been found living with such high radiation levels.

And we still don't know how.

It could be simply that, like humans,

they are naturally more resistant to radiation than other animals.

[Mousseau] Humans are, I think, pretty good

at repairing DNA damage in general.

And that's one of the reasons we can live so long, in fact.

Uh, because most of the damage that occurs is repaired.

[narrator] But with such long lifespans,

only time will reveal the full effects.

Individuals could succumb to cancer and old age.

But one thing is clear.

With so many macaques still successfully reproducing,

their population looks prepared to outlive this disaster too.

Perhaps in the future, they will reveal the secrets

of how humans could become nuclear super survivors.

All over Fukushima,

sunflowers are emerging.

Planted by residents returning to their homes.

These beautiful flowers soak up harmful radiation from the ground

where it's highest and stop it from entering the food chain.

Just like the boars, safely storing the radiation away.

In this brave new world, it's our turn to find ways of adapting to the aftermath.

And perhaps the biggest challenge of all

is not the radiation but the wildlife that has flourished

in the absence of humans.

[Hart] So this is an abandoned town.

And what's happened is we've moved out and the wildlife's moved in.

Wild boar are using back gardens to forage.

The monkeys, the Japanese macaques are actually using

these buildings for shelter.

And they're using the roofs as look out posts.

Basically with us gone,

they're now the dominant, intelligent primate on the ground.

It's not us anymore.

And they're absolutely thriving in what used to be our habitat.

[narrator] Possibly the most fascinating lessons to learn here

are not the ones of nuclear fallout,

but our relationship with the natural world.

This whole system will become a really important model

for this kind of study and provide information of general interest

way beyond just that, uh, related to radiation effects.

[narrator] Ten years after a disaster that shook the world,

and created a toxic battle against radiation damage,

Fukushima is now facing a new challenge.

One between man and beast.

This unique nuclear landscape continues to be gripped

by a bizarre paradox between life and death.