Mark Longo fondly remembers waking up in his south-central New York home to the pitter-patter of little feet. They didn't belong to a cat or dog, but to a squirrel named Peanut who stole the hearts of ...

P’nut the Squirrel’s death has sparked an outpouring of donations, with an online fundraising page raking in well over ...

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 ...

Peanut the squirrel became so popular on social media that Longo opened an animal sanctuary in the rodent’s name. Longo said he rescued the baby squirrel and named him Peanut. He bottle-fed the ...

The death of a popular social media squirrel is inspiring new legislation in New York aimed at reforming wildlife enforcement procedures. Environmental workers who came with a warrant looking for ...

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 ...

Environmental workers who came with a warrant looking for Peanut the squirrel found the scampering social media star on a bathtub. His housemate, Fred the raccoon, was in a suitcase in a bedroom ...

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 ...