The monthslong search for 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility an hour west of Charleston came to a close Friday after the last of the fugitive primates ...

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 ...

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 ...

Putting the sexual advances aside for a moment, sika deer and macaques already have an interesting interspecies relationship. The deer follow the monkeys around, eating food they drop out of the ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have taken a step toward developing a bird flu vaccine. And their findings could ...