These wild monkeys thrive in Florida—and carry a deadly virus

Descendants of theme-park escapees, a population of rhesus macaques in a Florida state park may soon double in size—a recipe ...

Monkey on the loose in Mississippi shot and killed. Was it diseased? Here's what we know

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

‘Aggressive’ monkey infected with COVID and STIs running loose in Mississippi after transport truck overturns: sheriff

The 40-pound monkey carries COVID, hepatitis C, and herpes and are “aggressive to humans,” the sheriff department warned.
Newsday

Monkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, ...
The Liberty Line

Disease-carrying monkey on the loose in Mississippi after semi-truck crash

A truck hauling a load of Rhesus monkeys crashed Tuesday morning on I-59 in Mississippi. According to the sheriff’s office, the truck was carrying monkeys ...

'Aggressive' monkey carrying Covid, hepatitis C escapes after truck crash in Mississippi; University denies claims, says they are 'not infectious'

A truck carrying diseased rhesus monkeys, reportedly infected with COVID, hepatitis C, and herpes, overturned in Mississippi, ...
KHON2

Monkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a ...