As weird and concerning as they appear, the virus that causes the dark, wart-like horns or tentacles to grow on cottontail ...

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?

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

As for the wild rabbits, they catch the virus from tick, flea or mosquito bites. Long, tentacle-like growths can appear ...

Grotesque gray squirrels covered in oozing sores are invading US backyards, and experts say bird feeders may be fueling the ...

The ‘zombie’ squirrels are covered in hairless, wart-like growths stemming from a condition called fibromatosis ...

First it was rabbits with black tentacles. Now it is squirrels with grotesque tumours being dubbed “zombie squirrels” across ...

Sightings of “zombie squirrels ” with bulging, hairless tumors have been reported in Maine and parts of Canada. These growths are consistent with squirrel fibromatosis, a common and typically ...