Kris Ensminger and Dennis Hite bought a farm after falling in love with an alpaca in 1998. Today, they raise 19 of their own alpacas and 13 boarders at Hum-Dinger Alpaca Farm. They sell alpacas, yarn, ...

Those eyes! That hair! The hum! Dare you to see the alpaca hanging out at the DeltaPlex this weekend and not want to take one home. But be aware – the critters are pack animals, so you'd have to buy a ...

Alpacas aren't much for being petted, but show their affection by rubbing noses with one another and perfect strangers. Chris Spielbusch of Tigard gets nose-to-nose with a new acquaintance at the ...

PHILLIPSBURG -- Hum-Dinger Alpacas is inviting the public to visit their farm to celebrate the second annual National Alpaca Farm Days from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this weekend, Sept. 27 and 28. The event ...

Siobhán Watters with her alpacas on the Wild Atlantic Way Alpaca Farm in Grange. Pics: Donal Hackett The cutest fluffy faces ever seen north of Sligo town can be found on Watters farm in Grange. They ...

Behold, the fuzzy-faced alpaca! They spit. They wark. They orgle. What’s not to like? That’s why this weekend I’m heading to the Civic Center and the Alpaca Owners Association National Alpaca Show.

They tiptoe forward toward an outstretched palm holding grain. Dark, limpid eyes blink under tufts of finely crimped fawn, white or dark brown fleece. Soft ears twitch. One brave soul, bolder than her ...

It was a sunny morning crowned by wispy clouds, a gentle breeze drifting across the fields and birds chirping in the trees — and the Little Brothers and Sisters at the Abbey were in a good mood. You ...

Color: Alpacas come in 22 official colors with many variations and blends. There are two different kinds of alpacas in the United States: the suri alpaca, which has fiber in the form of “dreadlocks” ...

Tommy Lintner, 17 months, Ottawa, pets an alpaca Saturday at Kaw Valley Alpacas in Tonganoxie. The farm will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Macel Koerth walks through a group of young female ...

As we await more April snow, readers deliver a non-springlike blast of frostiness via this month's installment of Random Ax of Snideness. I did a lot of crazy-dumb things in college. But, somehow, ...