Police in Yemassee say three more Rhesus macaques were recaptured Wednesday outside the Alpha Genesis facility.

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

Employees at a South Carolina compound that breeds monkeys for medical research recaptured five more animals that escaped ...

The Post and Courier newspaper reported last year that Alpha Genesis won a federal contract to oversee a colony of 3,500 rhesus monkeys on South Carolina's Morgan Island, known as "Monkey Island." ...

43 female rhesus macaques monkeys have broken out of a research facility in South Carolina, and are currently on the run, prompting the police to go on a chase in their pursuit. The monkeys escaped ...

Rhesus macaques monkeys can be aggressive ... but also put the residents of South Carolina at risk,” wrote Michael Budkie, executive director of the group. The USDA, which has inspected the ...

More than 40 monkeys escaped from a South Carolina research facility and were ... emphasized that they pose no danger to the public. The rhesus monkeys launched their great escape from the Alpha ...

FILE - An infant rhesus macaque is held by an adult as photographed on Sept. 20, 2024, on Morgan Island, in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The island and its 3,000 monkeys are managed by ...