It's easy to mistake llamas and alpacas for each other: Both are slender fluffy four-legged mammals with long necks that live in herds. So what's the difference between these two species? "That is the ...

In November 1533 the triumphant Spanish Conquistador, Francisco Pizarro, took control of Cuzco which had been the Royal Capital of the Incas. Pizarro had very cunningly used his 180 soldiers to ...

Oocysts obtained from a guanaco and an alpaca with natural infections were identified as Eimeria macusaniensis and evaluated for host specificity and infectivity over time. In 3 separate trials ...

Alpacas outnumbered people Saturday Alpacas of Oregon's 2014 Harvest Festival and Alpaca Sale in Sherwood. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-5. (Hannah ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Like any new parent, Milagro has a tender touch when it comes to her first born at the San Francisco Zoo. Zoo officials say the eight-year-old member of the Camelid family -- ...

More than once I have been asked, “what is the difference between a llama and an alpaca?” Both are frequently seen on the farms of The Last Green Valley. In fact, the largest alpaca farm in ...

There’s a lot of laughter and plenty of petting at the Mtn Peaks Therapy Llamas & Alpacas farm in Ridgefield, Washington, where visitors interact with a herd of friendly camelids, each about 300 ...