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All the recovered primates are in good health, police said. Nearly all of the rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been recovered. As of Monday evening, 39 of the 43 ...

It's time for zoo-goers to forget pandas! Moo Deng, the adorable endangered pygmy hippo who's become an internet sensation in Thailand, now has an official song available on streaming platforms in ...

A Parrish man known as “The Monkey Whisperer” has been indicted on animal trafficking charges, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced. megaflopp ...

YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who more than a week ago broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said.

Two more monkeys that escaped last week from a South Carolina research facility were recaptured Tuesday, according to the facility's CEO, bringing the total number of primates caught and returned ...

A sickening monkey torture network filmed helpless animals being beaten, doused in acid and put in blenders. At least 20 people were placed under investigation globally last year after a BBC ...

Two women have been jailed for their parts in a global monkey torture network described by a judge as “depraved, sickening and wicked” - after they shared horrific videos of the animals being ...