A couple years ago I started feeding my yard squirrels handfuls of unsalted shelled peanuts in all seasons. Oops! Now I feel like a villain.

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has launched an internal investigation after the agency seized a pet squirrel named Peanut who was later euthanized, sparking national outrage.

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 ...

The death of an internet-famous pet squirrel highlights the problems with American foreign policy, according to a prominent Russian official. On Tuesday, county officials said that the squirrel, which ...

New York Republicans are pushing a new law to protect animals after a beloved pet squirrel and internet star named P’Nut was taken and killed by state environmental officers late last year. The bill, ...

With violent assaults surging across New York, and with many crimes going unprosecuted, state law enforcement firepower has been directed against a truly dangerous criminal adversary: a pet squirrel.