Rabbit hunting season regulations vary greatly by state and local wildlife management organizations. Daily bag limits change ...

It’s not just a bad hare day. A rapidly spreading virus is causing cottontail rabbits to grow black, tentacle-like growths out of their heads, prompting warnings to steer clear of the mutated animals.

Eastern cottontail rabbit populations have been increasing in central Ohio for the past 10 years. The summer of 2024 saw the highest recorded number of rabbits in Ohio, roughly triple the counts from ...

Reports and sightings of cottontail rabbit papillomavirus have been documented for centuries, but the symptoms have gone viral in a new sense this summer. Photos of wild rabbits with wart-like horns ...

Rabbits with horn-like growths, sometimes called "tentacle rabbits," have recently been spotted hopping around Colorado. Their appearance is because of a virus in the animal, officials say. Residents ...