The genetic improvement of alpaca fibre has emerged as a vital discipline at the crossroads of animal breeding and textile innovation. Research in this field seeks to elucidate the genetic ...

These are some of the starving alpacas being cared for at OSU's College of Veterinary Medicine in Corvallis after being seized from a breeding ranch by Polk County Sheriff's Office. Deputies say about ...

Some alpacas that fail to producce enough to fiber to cover the cost of their hay end up at Linda Hayes' llama and alpaca rescue outside Carbondale, Colo. Known for their calm temperaments and soft ...

Cindy Burningham reveals the fleece fibers on one of her alpacas at her farm, Mountain Top Alpacas, Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011 in Lake Shore, Utah. Alpacas are raised for their fleece, which can be spun ...

Take a drive in rural Lancaster County and you’ll see the familiar cows, sheep and steers grazing on the rolling hills. More often than not, these days you’ll see another four-legged animal, too. Once ...

WILTON >> The newest addition to Woodland Meadow Farm hasn’t even been named yet, but is without doubt the center of attention. The tiny brown animal, born Tuesday, June 30, is the main attraction at ...

As the dot-com bubble burst in the late 1990s, Darwin Kell, who had retired from the electronics field, lost a large portion of his retirement investments. It was then that he and his wife began ...

EUGENE, Ore. - “Heeeeeeere ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca, heeeeere ‘paca ‘paaaaaaca,” Robbin Freedman calls out to a herd of around 50 grazing alpaca. Many of the three-foot tall four-legged animals ...

Two weeks before Ian Lutz and Jennifer Croft graduated from Woodstock Union High School, they did what many seniors do — they randomly hooked up. “It was just a fling,” Lutz recalls. But the ...

“Super Sale, Female Alpacas for $1000,” the ads proclaimed, in all caps. The offer was 90 percent off the animals’ original purchase price, the owners claimed. Males could be had for just $200 a head.