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

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

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

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

Wildlife experts warn that “zombie squirrels” and “Frankenstein rabbits” show how parasites and diseases can alter animal ...

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

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

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

Wildlife officials say a virus is causing rabbits in Colorado to sprout horn-like growths. What is rabbit papillomavirus and is it dangerous to pets?