Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee, SC is attempting to lure the monkeys in with food, but none have been safely captured. Tranquilizer dart guns may be the last option.

Forty-three monkeys,who escaped their facility in South Carolina, were still on the loose Friday morning, the Yemassee Police Department told USA TODAY, though they had been located and efforts were being made to recapture them. The rhesus macaques ...

(YEMASSEE, SC) — Forty-three primates remain on the loose in a South Carolina town, two days after escaping from a research laboratory, authorities said Friday. As of midday Friday, the monkeys “have not yet been re-captured and returned to their ...

Residents in a small South Carolina town are finding themselves in the middle of a real-life game of Jumanji after 43 monkeys escaped Wednesday from a research facility. The rhesus macaque primates are all still on the loose as of Friday after escaping from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee.

Authorities say 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina have been spotted in the woods near a fence surrounding the site and that workers are using food to try t

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

Forty-three rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from the research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina and they are running loose as authorities try to bait them back to the compound. Here is what we know.

The search continues after dozens of "skittish" monkeys escaped the Alpha Genesis testing center in South Carolina, officials said.