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 ...

I didn’t know this. Alpaca are part of the camel family, called camelids. When you think about camels, you generally picture the one or two-humped variety, slowly walking along the crest of the hot ...

SAN ANTONIO DE PUTINA, Peru (AP) — After three days of heavy snowfall and bone-chilling temperatures, Mateo Mullisaca watches as one of his alpacas falls to the ground in agony on his farm almost ...

The herd of alpacas entered the shearing sheds with a year’s worth of wool on their backs. Each left cleanly shorn, much lighter and humming happily. In the back of the shed, Fox Wire Farm owner John ...

His affection is clear in the way he follows her around the yard, frolics with her in the dirt, nibbles at her fur and sniffs her ... uh, well, you know. Alas, Romeo will have to wait. Juliet, born in ...

Maui Alpaca owner Janet Baldwin said her farm helps connect visitors with the joy of animals. MEGAN MOSELEY/THE MAUI NEWS Maui is home to many farms and farm animals — even alpacas. Located in the ...

ROCKFORD — Move over sheep; there's a new fiber in town, and the animal that produces it is being bred by a growing number of farmers in the Rock River Valley for its soft, moisture-resistant fleece.