In December, the City of Launceston council voted to sterilise the monkeys. Without breeding, the City Park’s Japanese macaque troop will die out over the next 20 years.

Two more monkeys that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been trapped and returned, the facility's CEO said.

In early November, the monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Facility after a caretaker didn’t secure the doors, police said.

Scientists studying footage from Jicarón Island spotted something unusual: a capuchin monkey carrying an infant howler on his back. Now, they’re trying to learn what it means.

A Texas man was sentenced for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys, too young to be separated from their mothers, into Southern California.

More than two dozen Rhesus macaques monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been returned as of Sunday night.

Employees at a South Carolina compound that breeds monkeys for medical research recaptured five more animals that escaped last week.

One of the 42 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab has been recaptured (not pictured). AP The monkeys on Friday were exploring the outer fence of the Alpha Genesis ...

A research facility in Yemassee, S.C., has recovered 25 of the 43 monkeys that escaped from the laboratory last week after a caretaker accidentally left the door to their enclosure unsecured.

YEMASSEE, S.C. (WBTV) - Nearly 20 of the monkeys that escaped a research and breeding facility in South Carolina were still on the loose on Monday.

The monkeys escaped after a worker at a research center left an enclosure unlocked. One monkey was captured Saturday, and another 24 on Sunday, while the rest remain at large.

Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee, SC is attempting to lure the monkeys in with food, but none have been safely captured. Tranquilizer dart guns may be the last option.