Officials say local laws meant that Peanut should not have been kept as a pet. Mark Longo says a controversial raid violated ...

Weeks after the death of Peanut the squirrel, why do so many people still care − and what motivates people to keep wild animals in the first place?

Hundreds gathered inside an Elmira, NY, bar on Friday, for a memorial service for the dearly departed P’Nut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon.

“Saturday Night Live” tackled the controversy over Peanut the squirrel’s death during "Weekend Update" on Nov. 16.

Peanut the squirrel, a social media star, was found in a bathtub during an authorised search of a New York home. His housemate, a raccoon named Fred, was discovered hiding in a suitcase.

In just 7 years, Peanut the Squirrel went from being an anonymous street rodent, to a famous influencer, to a billion dollar cryptocurrency. His story is a parable of the modern attention economy.

Peanut the squirrel's owner, Mark Longo, is asking for justice after his viral pet squirrel was taken from his home and euthanized.

Republican lawmakers have condemned the decision by state officials to kill the squirrel as unnaceptable government overreach.

A man who took in an orphaned squirrel and made it a social media star vowed Saturday that New York state’s decision to seize and euthanize the animal “won’t go unheard.” ...

Peanut — a 7-year-old squirrel owned by Mark and Daniela Longo — was euthanized by New York state officials last week and everyone is ticked.

ELMIRA, New York — Bon forage, little buddies. Hundreds of loyal fans of P’Nut the rescue squirrel and Fred the racoon packed an upstate New York bar on Friday to memorialize the euthanized ...