Morgan Island is located in St. Helena Sound in Beaufort County, South Carolina. It's just over an hour north of Savannah, Georgia, and two hours south of Charleston, South Carolina.

On the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina, exists an island dedicated to monkeying around. Well, sort of. If you've been keeping up with the 43 primates that recently escaped a scientific search ...

Alpha Genesis in 2023 secured a federal contract to monitor and care for 3,500 rhesus monkeys that live on South Carolina's Morgan Island, which commonly is known as "Monkey Island." ...

South Carolina's Morgan Island, used for monkey and primate research, ... The Post and Courier toured Monkey Island three times in four years in the early 2000s, ... North Augusta, SC ; Free Times ...

Alpha Genesis maintains a colony of 3,500 monkeys on Morgan Island, in South Carolina — which has since been called Monkey Island — where it breeds monkeys for research purposes.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease sent $4.1 million to a South Carolina company managing a primate colony on a Lowcountry barrier island.

A monkey perches on a tree in Morgan Island, South Carolina. The island is home to a breeding colony of approximately 3,500 free-ranging, Indian-origin rhesus monkeys.

In this Sept. 20, 2024, file photo, an infant rhesus macaque is held by an adult on Morgan Island, in Beaufort County, South Carolina, just north of St. Helena Island.

A police search is underway after 40 monkeys escaped from an Alpha Genesis research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina on Wednesday night. Anyone who finds a monkey should not interact with it ...

Pet monkey lost on North Carolina coast rescued, returned to owner, police say by: Chloe Rafferty. Posted: Jun 14, 2024 / 07:11 AM EDT. Updated: Jun 14, 2024 / 07:11 AM EDT.

How did a New Hanover County stretch of Monkey Junction, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Fort Fisher become Pleasure Island? Pleasure Island was a peninsula known as Federal Point.The official ...

How did a New Hanover County stretch of Monkey Junction, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Fort Fisher become Pleasure Island? Pleasure Island was a peninsula known as Federal Point.The official ...