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

Viruses can evolve and mutate over time.' ...

More and more 'Frankenstein' rabbits are appearing across the US. Now an expert has warned where the disease may spread next ...

In Colorado, a peculiar phenomenon involving rabbits with horn-like growths has sparked concern across the United States.

Shope papillomavirus causes bizarre hornlike warts in rabbits, inspiring jackalope myths and serving as a key model for virus ...

SEATTLE — The "Frankenstein bunnies" have been making waves across social media in the U.S. Recently, one rabbit potentially ...

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?

Images of rabbits in Colorado with horns and tentacles are making waves across social media, with many likening their strange ...

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.” ...

The growths are caused by a rare virus named Shope papilloma virus. The virus leads to wart-like skin protrusions on rabbits' heads and faces. The virus spreads between rabbits through insect bites.