Authorities in Yemassee, South Carolina, are urging residents to stay indoors after 43 young female rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis research facility. According to Greg Westergaard,

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

A police search is underway after 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday night. Police in Yemassee, Beaufort County, said the Rhesus macaque primates escaped from Alpha Genesis, a business that provides "nonhuman primate products and bio-research services," according to its website.

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.

Police in Yemassee, South Carolina, are trying to track down over 40 rhesus monkeys that recently escaped from a nearby lab.

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

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

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

Police say residents of Yemassee, South Carolina, should keep their doors and windows locked until the primates are found.