The female rhesus macaques staged an escape from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in South Carolina last year.

Jan. 25 (UPI) --The last of 43 escaped monkeys has returned to the Alpha Genesis research lab in Yemassee, S.C., nearly three months after an attendant accidentally left two doors unsecured. The ...

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Jan. 25 (UPI) --The last of 43 escaped monkeys has returned to the Alpha Genesis research lab in Yemassee, S.C., nearly three months after an attendant accidentally left two doors unsecured.

YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina said Friday the last four of 43 escaped monkeys have been recaptured after two months living in the woods, weathering a rare snowstorm and being ...

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YEMASSEE, S.C. — All missing monkeys are reported to be safe months after escaping a medical research lab in the Low Country. Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard confirmed on Friday all 43 ...

We have never had this many get out," Westergaard told CBS News. In 2022, dozens of lab monkeys escaped after a truck carrying 100 of the animals crashed in Pennsylvania. All the primates were ...