Dozens of monkeys are on the loose in Yemassee, SC. This isn’t the first time primates escaped from the facility.

The CEO of a South Carolina research facility where dozens of monkeys escaped said the employee connected to the incident has not returned to work.

One monkey has been captured after 43 monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis research facility in South Carolina, the Yemassee Police Department said.

There have also been many questions surrounding Morgan Island. What goes on there? Can anyone visit? And why was the island chosen for monkeys to live on, anyway? Before we get to all that monkey business, here's an update from the Yemassee Police ...

More than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in SC have been recovered unharmed.

Of the 43 monkeys that broke loose from Alpha Genesis in South Carolina, officials managed to recover 25 of them between Saturday and Sunday.

Almost a week after their escape from a South Carolina research laboratory the day after the presidential elections, 18 of the 42 escaped monkeys are still being actively sought by the authorities. Police have warned the public not to approach the animals under any circumstances.

More monkeys have been returned to the South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said Tuesday.