More than 40 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South Carolina earlier this month, prompting warnings for nearby residents to secure their doors and windows. Thirty-nine of the fugitive ...

The escape, which occurred on November 6, saw 43 monkeys flee their enclosure after it was left improperly secured by an employee, according to the Yemassee Police Department. To date, 37 monkeys have ...

told NBC affiliate WSAV-TV in South Carolina on Nov. 7 that an employee of the research center left a door open while cleaning the monkeys’ enclosure, which allowed the monkeys to escape.

Four monkeys are still on the loose nearly two weeks after breaking free from a South Carolina research facility.

Multiple animal rights organizations have filed federal complaints against Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center since 43 ...

"The recaptured animals walked back to the facility of their own accord and into humane traps." More monkeys have been recovered outside a Beaufort County, South Carolina, research institute ...

Rhesus macaques are used for medical research because they are so like us. Perhaps that’s a compelling reason to leave them ...

Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has filed a new complaint with USDA alleging monkeys have ...

When 43 monkeys escaped from a South Carolina research facility on Nov. 6, countless human cousins around the country cheered ...

How did the monkeys escape the research facility? Greg Westergaard ... contract to oversee a colony of 3,500 rhesus monkeys on South Carolina's Morgan Island, known as "Monkey Island." ...

How did the monkeys escape the research facility? Greg Westergaard ... Alpha Genesis won a federal contract to oversee a colony of 3,500 rhesus monkeys on South Carolina's Morgan Island, known as ...