Dear Dr. Vittoria: Recently I was at an alpaca farm’s open house. I enjoyed the fuzzy babies. However, I was disturbed to see two adults breeding. The male was making awful sounds, and the female was ...

Like the shepherds watching their flocks by night, Christine and Sam Heidema were startled by the arrival of a newborn baby. The owners of Kula Cottontail Farm discovered that one of their female ...

Here, at the large-animal hospital at Oregon State University, in stalls with wood shavings on the ground, are the alpacas that look at you with those innocent eyes. They evoke even more sympathy from ...

Female alpacas can fetch up to $40,000 at auction. Some prize alpaca studs have sold for $500,000 or more. But the animals are also cute, cuddly-looking curiosities. Plain Dealer reporter Alison Grant ...

[imgbelt img=Two+alpacas.jpg]Alpaca ranching has been touted as a great investment, especially for retirees. But rapidly declining sales prices mean the bubble may have burst, leaving rescue ...

Adorable, soft and name-less. The Great Plains Zoo's newest residents, two female one-year-old alpacas, need your help. The zoo is inviting the public to help select names for their furry friends. The ...

Alpacas have returned to the Audubon Zoo. Earlier this month, four male alpacas moved to their new enclosure within the Jaguar Jungle exhibit, which features species native to Central and South ...