A rhesus monkey that escaped following a truck accident has been reported to have been shot and killed by a woman in Mississippi.

"MDWFP (Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks) has confirmed that two of the three unaccounted for Rhesus Macaques were recovered deceased," a statement released by MDWFP on Tues., ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to end its monkey research program will affect studies involving some 200 macaques, and the fate of the animals is unclear ...

The shocking escape of 21 lab monkeys in Mississippi triggered chaos and fears of rabies along with scary buzz that the ...

Three aggressive monkeys still on the loose after a truck hauling 21 of the animals from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi interstate Tuesday. They are part of a controversial ...

The CDC is instructing scientists to end all research involving monkeys by the end of the year, in a move that will ...

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is applauding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ...

One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi highway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children.

When I asked what they were breeding them for, my USDA inspector told me "you don’t want to know”, Bagnall said. “And I told ...