Lab monkeys initially thought to be carrying a range of diseases have escaped from a truck in Mississippi following a crash — prompting law enforcement officers to kill a number of the animals.

NI 62, a monkey bound for a medical lab when he escaped a truck crash in Mississippi, is now known as Forrest and living at Popcorn Park in Lacey.

JASPER COUNTY, Miss — A weeklong search for escaped lab monkeys in Mississippi ended Wednesday when authorities captured the last rhesus macaque that fled after a truck crash. Right now on WWL+, you ...

A rhesus macaque named Forrest, who spent several days on the run after escaping a dramatic truck crash in rural Mississippi earlier this year, has now found a permanent sanctuary at a New Jerse y ...

A rhesus macaque that spent a week on the run after escaping from a Mississippi highway crash has found a permanent home at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Forked River. The animal refuge is hoping for ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The crash of a truckload of research monkeys this week in Mississippi is the latest safety breach involving a ...

I’m a wildlife veterinarian specializing in monkeys, so I know there are ways to prevent the recent incident in Mississippi where eight monkeys escaped during transport from a research lab in New ...

I’m a wildlife veterinarian specializing in monkeys, so I know there are ways to prevent the recent incident in Mississippi where eight monkeys escaped during transport from a research lab in New ...