The “skittish” animals, belonging to local primate research company Alpha Genesis, have been wandering the Yemassee area for about a day, according to a Thursday press release from the Yemassee Police ...

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

The Rhesus macaque primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility Wednesday when a new employee didn't fully shut an enclosure.

Two days ago (November 6) around 1pm, 43 monkeys - which are said to be rhesus macaques - broke out of Alpha Genesis, a ...

They are harmless and a little skittish," Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning. The Rhesus macaque ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An animal welfare organization said it is filing a federal complaint after nearly four dozen primates escaped from a South Carolina research center on Wednesday and ...

The police department in Yemassee, South Carolina, has warned locals to keep their windows and doors secure after 43 rhesus ...

The rhesus macaque primates are all still on the loose as of Thursday evening after escaping from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee. They are believed to be in the wooded region ...

YEMASSEE, S.C. - Authorities in South Carolina are trying to capture 43 monkeys that escaped from a primate research facility ...

At least 43 primates were on the loose Thursday in a South Carolina town where authorities "strongly advised" residents to ...