Their surveys have fueled Wilson’s research and built on UNO’s legacy as a hub of black squirrel scholarship. Nearly all of the squirrels living in the Omaha area belong to the same species ...

What grabs their attention on this Monday afternoon are the short stacks of paper spread neatly across the black lab tables. Today they are receiving an unusual homework assignment with ...

Black, Red or Dead: How Omaha Became a Hub for Black Squirrel Scholarship Three taxidermied penguins preside over Room 426 in Allwine Hall, standing atop a row of metal cabinets in the back corner.

Peanut the black squirrel, an internet sensation with 537,000 Instagram followers, was euthanized by New York authorities, prompting an outcry from his heartbroken owner, Mark Longo, and sparking ...

The 52nd annual Black Squirrel Fall Festival is set to take over downtown Marysville on Saturday, kicking off at 10 a.m. on Broadway. A day of old-fashioned fun, games and community spirit awaits, ...

But, the stipulation was that I would do it for her. The author’s daughter with her squirrel. Photo by Beka Garris I mounted precisely 1.5 squirrels in the past. The first one, years ago, was a black ...

With 537,000 followers on Instagram, the domesticated black squirrel had fans around the world who delighted in his exploits, such as nibbling on waffles and doffing tiny costumes. New Yorker Mark ...

A squirrel named Peanut who was propelled to the heights of internet celebrity has been euthanized, New York authorities said Friday, biting a government staffer on the way out. With 537,000 ...

With 537,000 followers on Instagram, the domesticated black squirrel had fans around the world who delighted in his exploits, such as nibbling on waffles and doffing tiny costumes. New Yorker Mark ...

New Yorker Mark Longo said he rescued Peanut after seeing his mother killed by a car, going on to bottle feed the baby black squirrel, similar to the one pictured ...