Police said they had been informed by Alpha Genesis that the monkeys have never been used for testing and are too young to carry disease.

At least 43 primates were on the loose Thursday in a South Carolina town where authorities "strongly advised" residents to keep their doors and windows locked after the animals escaped from a research laboratory.

In Yemassee, SC, a town with more monkeys than people, residents were not overly surprised that the Alphas Genesis facility’s monkeys were once again roaming freely.

More than 40 monkeys escaped from a South Carolina research facility and were still on the loose Thursday, sparking a massive search.

This is not the first monkey escape in the S.C. Lowcountry. And of course, there's a Murdaugh crime saga connection.

A police chief in South Carolina says there is no “almost no danger” to the public after 43 monkeys escaped from a medical lab.

Police are searching for more than 40 monkeys that escaped from a medical research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Nov. 6. Forty-three Rhesus macaque monkeys broke out out of the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center on Wednesday afternoon, according to a Yemassee Police Department statement.

A police search is underway after 40 monkeys escaped from an Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina on Wednesday night.

Residents in a small South Carolina town are finding themselves in the middle of a real-life game of Jumanji after 43 monkeys escaped Wednesday from a research facility.

Officials in rural South Carolina say the female rhesus monkeys escaped into the wild after their pen was left open.