For thousands of years, alpacas have roamed the Andes mountain range in western South America. Part of the Camelidae family, they are very similar in appearance to llamas, only smaller. But unlike ...

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Mount Vale care home in Northallerton were treated to a virtual tour of J and Alpacas, a ...

"They're kind of like potato chips. You can't have just a couple," says Brett Pauley, who co-owns Pauley Alpaca Company in Rochester with his wife, Jen Pauley. "They're funny creatures. Good therapy ...

A Tenino alpaca rescue is taking in 176 starving and neglected alpacas seized from a farm in Falls City, Ore. Cross Creek Alpaca Rescue received the first group of animals on Wednesday. Cross Creek ...

White Violet Farm Alpacas, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and the Sisters of Providence will host a one-day seminar on the key aspects of alpaca ownership on Saturday at St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

It's a lot of work caring for the 60 or so abandoned or throwaway llamas and alpacas that have ended up at her Safe Haven Llama and Alpaca Sanctuary Inc. And she freely admits, she needs help. "I do ...

After school, fifth-grader Sophia Lysantri can often be found hanging out with about 50 long-necked, adorable friends in Woodbine, Maryland. Sophia helps her family raise and care for alpacas. Native ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — It wasn’t on the curriculum, but the rescue of 175 malnourished alpacas from a Polk County farm provided Oregon State University veterinary students with a “crash course” in ...

In the midst of well-populated Chesterfield suburbia, an outsider has taken up residence. He'll seduce you with his enchanting eyes and beguile you with his long, elegant neck, but be careful: he ...

HADLEY, Mass. – With mops of shaggy hair flopping in front of bulging, alien-like eyes that stare with a mix of curiosity and cluelessness, the latest newcomers to the University of Massachusetts seem ...