It often gets confused with squirrelpox, which is caused by another virus carried harmlessly by gray squirrels but can ...

Rumors spread online that rabbits infected with a virus that creates a tentacle-like growth on their faces were "invading" ...

It's like when you get a large concentration of people. If someone is sick and it's something that spreads easily, others are ...

Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their ...

Squirrels with pox and rabbits with horns. Learn more about the viruses impacting these small mammals.

The grotesque “Frankenstein”-esque rabbits — once just a Colorado curiosity — are now turning up in Minnesota and Nebraska, ...

Rabbits infected with the Shope papilloma virus have growth on their heads and faces resembling “horns and tentacles.” ...

These wild ‘Frankenstein’ rabbits are looking like something out of The Last of Us. Similar to the TV series where the ...

A rapidly spreading virus is causing cottontail rabbits to grow black, tentacle-like growths out of their heads, prompting ...

The growths are most likely caused by a summertime virus common in some U.S. states, but wildlife officials say there is no ...

Across the US and Canada, squirrels are increasingly sighted with grotesque, wart-like growths due to squirrel fibromatosis, ...

Other states have reported 'Frankenstein rabbits,' with black horns coming from bunnies' faces and necks. But are there any ...