They escaped from Alpha Genesis, a primate research facility in Yemassee ... also took over the management of South Carolina's Morgan Island, also known as "Monkey Island," home to about 3,500 ...

Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is "almost no danger'' to the public. ''They are not infected with ...

TASS/. Over half of the monkeys that escaped from the Alpha Genesis research center in the US city of Yemassee (South Carolina) have been recaptured, but 18 animals are still unaccounted for ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — One of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered ... jumping back and forth over the facility's fence, police said ...

The infant monkeys who gambol in sand will almost certainly grow up to be test subjects in research, so intrusive it at times ends in mercy killings. About 500 primates, each bearing a numeric ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. — Emus, exotic snakes, and even monkeys on ... common much farther south than South Carolina. Police said they helped wrangle a kangaroo that had escaped its home, adding ...

A federal health agency under pressure to slash its spending has approved another $4.1 million to maintain its monkey breeding colony on an isolated South Carolina barrier island. The disbursement ...