HEYWORTH — Soft, copper-colored fleece falls gracefully off an alpaca as Brian Houchin passes his clippers across the animal’s belly and torso. His wife, Karley, and a group of volunteers help collect ...

POWELL, Wyo. — Carrie started her interview with the Tribune by taking a bite of the writer's notebook. "She likes paper," explained Jan Sapp as she scolded Carrie. The 8-month-old dromedary camel is ...

HEYWORTH, Ill. | Soft, copper-colored fleece falls gracefully off an alpaca as Brian Houchin passes his clippers across the animal's belly and torso. His wife, Karley, and a group of volunteers help ...

Corrina Porter said alpaca husbandry isn’t common in Utah. In her 11 years raising them, she’s only met one other alpaca farmer in Wasatch County, who has since retired from the lifestyle.

(CALHAN, Colo.) — Nestled in the scenic Eastern Plains, Our Red Barn Ranch is an educational retreat just south of Calhan. Surrounded by rolling hills, open prairies, and wind turbines, the ranch ...

University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers said it’s “such a lie that I worry that there’s literally a break with reality inside the man’s mind.” Mule Train Alpacas has been in business for nine ...

JoAnn Flegel sat on the concrete floor of her barn Wednesday morning, using a blow dryer to warm a shivering baby alpaca just 15 minutes old. A five-year effort to mark Missouri’s most notorious slave ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Lesley Cummins and her family have been raising Alpacas in Los Ranchos for the last few years. “We moved here two years ago, and we were interested in doing something with the ...

Darlene Pittsley of Port Angeles gives some attention to Rosie, an alpaca, during a fundraising flea market to benefit the non-profit Olympic Peninsula Llama/Alpaca Rescue last Saturday at the Moose ...

FARMINGTON, Minn. — The state fair inspires many people every year. Among those who were inspired are Pat and Dawn Devney, owners of Alpacas at Devenshire Farm. The couple — who also farm in a more ...

When you walk through the barn doors of Woodland Meadow Farm, your blood pressure drops. At least that’s what happens to owner Elaine Gerber. “Did your blood pressure go down as soon as you walked ...

When Stephen and Nicole Phillips traded Massachusetts for Virginia nearly 20 years ago, they didn't expect their family of six to grow more than sixfold — if, as they do, you count their alpacas. The ...