The smoggy, litter-swept stretch of the Cross Bronx Expressway leading to the Throgs Neck Bridge is not a place you’d expect to find a police checkpoint for illegal hunting. But each fall, it becomes ...

Peanut, the social media star squirrel at the center of a national furor after it was seized from its owner in upstate New York and euthanized, has tested negative for rabies, a county official said ...

A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid that also yielded a ...

The owners of P'Nut the Squirrel and a raccoon named Fred are suing the State of New York for $10 million in damages after the animals were euthanized last year. Mark Longo and Daniela Bittner filed ...

Schenectady — WNYC and Gothamist Reporter Jon Campbell joined Power & Politics this week, discussing his recent reporting on the aftermath of the viral death of social media-famous Peanut the Squirrel ...

Some videos manage to stop us in our tracks, and this one is a perfect example. A little squirrel named “Tippy” has captured hearts on TikTok by faithfully showing up at the same spot every day, ...

Mark Longo, the owner of Peanut the Squirrel, has responded to rumors he used the tragic death of the animal to promote his OnlyFans account. Longo – the Pine City, New York, native who turned an ...

But Peanut’s rise to fame was complicated by one major issue: It’s illegal to keep a squirrel as a pet in New York. And you need a license if you want to rehab them for release into the wild or keep ...

The state's decision to euthanize a celebrity squirrel became an issue during the presidential campaign, disrupting lives around the country. The smoggy, litter-swept stretch of the Cross Bronx ...