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 ...

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 ...

A police search is underway after 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday night. Police in Yemassee, in Beaufort County, said the Rhesus macaque primates escaped ...