Forty-three rhesus monkeys escaped from Alpha Genesis in Yemassee, SC, after an employee error. The young monkeys are being located using thermal cameras and baited ...

For example, a rhesus monkey named ''Miss Sam'' was launched in 1960 in a Mercury capsule that attained a velocity of 1,800 mph (1,900 kph) and an altitude of 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) . She was ...

Two Post and Courier reporters exposed a history of problems and questions at Alpha Genesis in Yemassee after 43 monkeys ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the ...

3. Removal from home cage. Laboratory rhesus monkeys quickly learn to enter transport cages on command when they have to be temporarily removed for treatment, examination, weighing, TB testing, or ...

Yemassee Police Department announced on Saturday night that a young female rhesus macaque monkey had been safely captured and brought back to the lab. “She is well and having a peanut butter and ...

James Harrison’s legacy is at the heart of a wild story about canny science, boundless goodwill and an errant blood transfusion vanquishing a devastating and deadly disease.

New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

South Carolina plays a vital role in primate research for medical testing, including Yemasee monkey farm Alpha Genesis, who ...

The myth of the aggressive monkey probably is based on often not taking into account basic ethological principles when managing rhesus macaques in the research laboratory setting. Macaca mulatta is ...

unedited live-streamed audiovisual feed of the macaques in the lab of the supervisor of the testing on the monkeys. The group said that scientists have found “rhesus macaques can communicate ...