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 ...

Alpacas do well in Iowa winters because of their thick, warm coats. All that's needed is some sort of shelter, like a three-sided building, so they can get out of the wind. However, heat and humidity ...

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.

Shoutout to our producer Michal Mathers, who came up to me, and Matt Wilson, last week and told us about the Black Barn Alpaca Farm in Finksburg, Carroll County. An Alpaca is in the camel family. An ...

For some it started with a picture -- those big, brown eyes and that soft fuzzy 'fro. For others it began with the luxurious fleece. And for still others, it was a yen for a bit of rural life. This ...

"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 ...

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 ...