Authorities say only six monkeys are still on the loose after dozens escaped earlier this month from a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research.

Police in Horry County, South Carolina, said this week that they are searching for two missing emus that have been evading capture for months: "We are not emu-sed."

Experts on Monday continued their search to capture six monkeys that remain at large following an escape this month from Alpha Genesis, a research compound in South Carolina. Authorities and facility staff have been working to recover the rhesus macaques,

Two more monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility earlier this month have been recaptured, authorities announced Sunday. Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard said multiple monkeys were spotted near the Yemassee property on Saturday,

After more than 40 monkeys escaped from a lab about an hour west of Charleston, now there's attention on two emus described as "feral" running wild north of Myrtle Beach. This week the Horry County Police Department said they were aware of the loose emus "and have made contact with the owner.