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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...