Traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, police said.

Police have now recovered 30 monkeys after a group of 43 primates escaped from a medical research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Nov. 6. Forty-three Rhesus macaque monkeys broke out of ...

Alpha Genesis hasn’t provided an update on the remaining missing monkeys since then. As of Dec. 3, it wasn’t clear whether ...

ESCAPED FROM THE ALPHA GENESIS FACILITY IN YEMASSEE. THAT’S WHERE THEY ARE USED FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. BEAUFORT COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THEY DO HAVE EYES ON THE RHESUS MACAQUE MONKEYS.

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 ...

On Wednesday, police began a search for 40-plus monkies who reportedly escaped a South Carolina research facility, and we can ...

More than half of the 43 monkeys that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been caught– with a “sizable group” of remaining primates being eyed nearby, authorities said ...

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

In 1935, dozens of rhesus macaques absconded from Frank Buck's Long Island menagerie. Nearly a century later, 43 members of ...

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 ...

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