Three monkeys that escaped from a truck in Mississippi on Tuesday morning are still on the loose, although others have been destroyed, officials said. Officers said they were told that the monkeys ...

A number of monkeys were “destroyed” after they got loose Tuesday morning and Mississippi law enforcement officers were mistakenly told they were dangerous. The rhesus monkeys were being transported ...

Monkeys being transported on a Mississippi highway escaped captivity Tuesday after the truck carrying them overturned, according to law enforcement. All but one of the escaped monkeys were killed, the ...

Three Rhesus monkeys remain on the loose in eastern Mississippi on Wednesday, Oct. 29, after escaping from a truck that crashed while transporting them from Tulane University in New Orleans a day ...

HEIDELBERG, Miss. -- Three monkeys remained on the loose Wednesday as searchers in masks, face shields and other protective gear scoured fields along a rural Mississippi highway where a truck carrying ...

The monkeys were being housed at the Tulane University National Biomedical Research Center, which routinely provides primates to scientific research organizations, according to the New Orleans school.

A patrol stopped the vehicle near Thailand's border with Cambodia, and troops found 81 macaques stuffed into blue net bags.