Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who more than a week ago broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said.

The monkeys are Rhesus macaque primates, which are widely used for medical and biological research. They escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The lab has set up traps and used ...

Here is the latest on the monkeys that escaped a research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Wednesday. YPD was just ...

Heart muscle cells grown from stem cells show promise in monkeys with a heart problem that typically results from a heart ...

Yemassee drew national attention last week when 43 rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from a research facility known to locals as ...

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace calls for briefings from two federal agencies that oversee a primate research facility in Beaufort ...

A total of 43 young rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis lab on Thursday, which houses 6,500 animals. The ...

“I can’t say with certainty. And they are looking at us and we’re looking at them.” The rhesus macaque monkeys are adolescent females who are not aggressive, Westergaard has said previously. “I ...

But headlines get even weirder, as a hunter claimed to have spotted Bigfoot in the Midlands near Pomaria on Nov. 2. The hunter, a hunter identified only as “J.M.,” reported sighting a 7-foot-tall ...

The research facility from which 43 monkeys escaped last week has received millions of taxpayer dollars in funding.

Fruit Loops were also "planned for dessert," Westergaard said. He added none of the monkeys, rhesus macaque primates used for ...

Heart muscle cells grown from human induced pluripotent stem cells (in green) have successfully integrated into rhesus ...