Last November, the day after the election, Daniel Vance was eating lunch in his truck when he noticed something move in the trees across the road. The forecast had predicted thunderstorms in the rural ...

One of three monkeys that escaped after a truck hauling 21 of the animals from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi interstate has been found, according to authorities. The animal ...

Three monkeys remained on the loose in rural Mississippi on Wednesday after a truck carrying research animals overturned, leaving authorities scrambling to track them down and raising questions about ...

JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Tulane University has released an updated statement after an accident in Jasper County left multiple monkeys on the loose. On Tuesday afternoon, a truck carrying Rhesus ...

JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – A truck hauling 21 monkeys to a testing facility in Florida overturned in Mississippi on Tuesday. According to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred ...

How many monkeys are loose in Mississippi? What are rhesus monkeys and where are they from? Can rhesus monkeys survive in Mississippi? What should I do if I see a monkey in Mississippi? A truck ...

Is the habitat and climate in Mississippi suitable for rhesus monkeys to survive? Does Mississippi have food that monkeys eat in the wild? According to the latest information from the Jasper County ...

An “aggressive” monkey infected with COVID and multiple sexually transmitted diseases is running loose through Mississippi after a truck overturned on an Interstate and released a pack of the diseased ...

A number of monkeys were "destroyed" after they got loose Tuesday morning and Mississippi law enforcement officers were mistakenly told they were dangerous. The rhesus monkeys were being transported ...

Though a truck carrying monkeys from Tulane University did crash in Jasper County, Mississippi, the university said the escaped animals "aren't infectious." In October 2025, a claim (archived) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monkeys that escaped from an overturned transport were thought to have COVID-19, hepatitis C and herpes. As of ...