Some sprung for a Peloton, or a new puppy — but for these friends, it was a trio of alpacas. As far as pandemic purchases, Melanie Hinze and Melanie Ramos’ take the cake. The pals from Germany bought ...

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 ...

Out on the plains north of Coeur d’Alene, a quiet revolution in ranching is taking place. On the land once cleared for huge cattle herds, owners with small plots have turned to breeding alpacas.

“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.

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 ...

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 ...

Standing in the green grass, with Mount Hood's white snowcapped peak on the horizon, it's hard for Marcus and Cathryn Whitman to imagine life any other way: the peace, the quiet — the alpacas.

After one of their most successful breeding seasons on record, Erin Marsden's property near Orange in the New South Wales central west is filled with baby alpacas, known as crias. Australia's alpaca ...

Free bus tour to four alpaca farms leaves IX Center on Wednesday at noon, returns 5 p.m.; go to Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association counter for directions. On a fresh spring day, Brenda Burns ...

There's much more than meets the eye when it comes to the colour of an alpaca. Loading... Dr Kylie Munyard from Curtain University has spent the last nine years researching the colour genetics of the ...

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 ...