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 and Fred the racoon have captivated people across the nation − and rallied those who find the animals' euthanasia at the hands of the government unjust. That fervor has only grown ...

Did Donald Trump, the former and next president of the United States, condemn the killing of an internet-famous squirrel from Upstate New York? The answer is complicated. Peanut, a celebrity squirrel ...

Handwritten cards, trinkets and paintings bearing chipper squirrels and raccoons fill the floor of a bedroom in Mark Longo's New York home. The case kicked off a national outcry as Longo has been ...

Influencer Mark Longo’s squirrel and raccoon died after they were seized by authorities in 2024 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned ...

NEW YORK (AP) - 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 ...

“Saturday Night Live” tackled the controversy over Peanut the squirrel’s death. Peanut was an Instagram-famous squirrel who was euthanized last month after he and a raccoon named Fred were confiscated ...