The monkeys escaped the research facility on Nov. 6, 2024, after one of the facility’s co-workers did not securely latch the enclosure door, according to The New York Times. Thirty-nine of the escaped ...

The rhesus macaque monkeys, all females, made a break for it after police say an employee did not fully lock their enclosure at Alpha Genesis, a facility that breeds them for medical research — ...

All nine macaques given the control developed severe disease when exposed to bird flu, as did all given the smallest dose of ...

A truly wonderful sight," he said. The monkeys that escaped are rhesus macaque primates, which have brown fur with red faces and ears. They have close-cropped hair on their heads, which ...

Authorities in South Carolina said Friday that the last four of the 43 escaped monkeys had been recaptured after two months of living in the woods, weathering a rare snowstorm and being tempted ...