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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A new cria was born July 8 at East Cost Alpacas in Biddeford and can be seen ...

After about 340 days of pregnancy, Mariah, one of 64 alpacas owned by the Sisters of Providence at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, gave birth to the first cria of the spring at White Violet Farm Alpacas at ...

The view unfolds in layers — blue sky into bluer islands, the Santa Barbara Channel, a glimpse of Carpinteria behind a wall of oak trees and, finally, alpacas. It is a view Carol-Anne Lonson wakes up ...

TOLNA, N.D. -- On a remote ranch home to exotic animals that snort and hum, Les and Deb Wellinghoff have found their "little piece of heaven." The retired couple, who moved to North Dakota from ...

Just a couple of miles outside Whitakers lies a small farm that houses a menagerie of critters, including some of the most prized breeding stock alpacas in the United States. Alpaca Bella Fina Ranch ...