Alpha Genesis did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for a comment on the incident. It is also not known if the monkeys were carrying any disease. However, this is not the first time ...

One monkey has been captured after 43 monkeys escaped from Alpha Genesis, a primate research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, this week. Yemassee is a small town about 26 miles from Beaufort.

The monkeys were bred for medical research and escaped unharmed from the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee. The remaining rogue animals appear to be along the research center’s fence line ...

The primates escaped after a caretaker failed to secure the doors, Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard said, according to the police department. It was initially reported that 40 monkeys escaped ...

AP The monkeys on Friday were exploring the outer fence of the Alpha Genesis compound and were cooing at the monkeys inside. The primates continued to interact with their companions inside the ...

All of the monkeys that escaped are female and weigh about 3kg, police said. The force said on Sunday that a team from the Alpha Genesis facility had recovered 24 of the animals. It came a day ...