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 ...

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 ...

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.

When asking a person on the street what animals they might find on a farm here in northern Illinois, alpacas probably aren’t the first ones to come to mind. Yet, there’s a thriving local business that ...

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 ...

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 ...

UNITY, Maine (WABI) - The common person would never think about what an Alpaca could do. The fleece of these gentle and sometimes quirky animals produces sustainable clothing. For 20 years the owners ...

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 ...

“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.

Liu Xuerong (R) helps a professor from Shanxi Agricultural University check the health of an alpaca in Pingli village, Yangqu county, Shanxi province, July 10. Liu, who once earned his living planting ...