Wildlife officials in Colorado have confirmed a troubling rise in cases of shope papillomavirus, a rare disease causing wild ...

Viral infection causes wild rabbits to grow black horn-like protrusions from their heads, though most infected cottontails ...

According to reports, in several parts of northern Colorado, residents have spotted wild rabbits with dark, tentacle-like growths protruding from their faces.

Reports are surfacing of wild rabbits exhibiting horn-like growths due to Shope papillomavirus (SPV), or \"horn disease.\" While alarming, these growths ...

Local residents described the rabbits as having “black quills or black toothpicks” growing out of their faces.

Recently, some wild rabbits have been seen in the U.S. with "horn-like" growths spurting from their heads that are caused by a viral infection, according to experts.