They may look like real-life jackalopes, but these rabbits owe their peculiar appearance to an infection caused by a cousin of the human papillomavirus. Reading time 2 minutes People in Fort Collins, ...

Colorado health officials announced on June 9 that they had detected a rare disease linked to rabbits and ticks in the state.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said the black growths on the rabbits are from a viral infection caused by the cottontail rabbit papillomavirus Experts note that the growths often don't harm the ...

Cases of tularemia, or rabbit fever, have been detected in the United States. Here are symptoms and where the rare disease ...

A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there's no reason to be spooked -- the furry creatures merely have ...

A cottontail rabbit with Shope papilloma virus. An SPV symptom is having dark growths stemming from the infected's head and face. Depending on the location of the growths, it is a benign virus for ...