According to the Associated Press, as of Monday afternoon, 13 out of the 43 young female Rhesus macaques remain on the loose in the forested area surrounding the facility run by Alpha Genesis, one of the largest monkey breeders in the world. The animals ...

Nearly half of the 43 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in Yemassee, S.C., have been recovered, local police said Sunday, but 18 remain on the loose.

Authorities say more than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in South Carolina have been recovered unharmed.

Only 11 of the 43 Rhesus macaques that escaped last week now remain outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, police said in a statement. Alpha Genesis officials told police that the two monkeys captured Tuesday were eating peanut butter and jelly ...

A research facility in Yemassee, S.C., has recovered 25 of the 43 monkeys that escaped from the laboratory last week after a caretaker accidentally left the door to their enclosure unsecured.

Yes, escaped lab monkeys. Forty-three rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from a research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Wednesday after an employee accidentally left a door open. Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander told the AP, "They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish."

An additional five rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility last week have been recovered, meaning about a dozen of the rhesus macaque primates remain at large.

Authorities say five more monkeys have been returned to a South Carolina compound that breeds the animals for medical research.

Two more monkeys that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been trapped and returned, the facility's CEO said.

"AVOID FLYING DRONES" in the area, local police warned, after a UAV apparently spooked the primates and disrupted capture efforts.

In Yemassee, officials have announced that 25 of the monkeys that escaped from a research and breeding facility have been returned. Eighteen still on the loose.