Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is "almost no danger" to the public.

YEMASSEE, S.C. — Yemassee police say they are working to locate over 40 primates that have escaped from a research facility in South Carolina. Police say the 43 primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis ...

In an update on Thursday, police confirmed that 43 rhesus macaques had escaped, with none recaptured by early afternoon.

Initial report: The search continues Thursday after 40 primates escaped from a facility in Beaufort County. According to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, the primates escaped from the Alpha ...

Residents told to shut doors and windows after 40 monkeys escape from South Carolina research facility - Alpha Genesis, the ...

Authorities in South Carolina on Thursday warned residents to lock their doors and windows after more than 40 monkeys escaped from a research facility. The primates broke loose from a Alpha Genesis ...

More than 40 monkeys are now roaming the streets of Yemassee, S.C., after staging an escape from a research facility.

Alpha Genesis’ CEO Greg Westergaard told CBS News that an employee inadvertently didn’t secure the door to the monkey’s enclosure. “It’s really like follow-the-leader,” Westergaard said. “You see one ...

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

The search continues after dozens of "skittish" monkeys escaped the Alpha Genesis testing center in South Carolina, officials ...

Police are searching for more than 40 monkeys that escaped from a medical research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on ...

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