If you’ve seen those trees and banisters around town covered in colorful yarn and wondered how it’s done, you’ll soon get some answers. The San Diego Yarn Crawl kicks off Thursday, bringing together ...

South American camelids, especially llamas and alpacas, are very susceptible to infections caused by endoparasites. The so-called small liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum) is particularly ...

Alpacas are funny creatures. You’ve probably seen a funny video online of an alpaca spitting on a zoo-goer, but they also scream. What do these screams mean? Is it a simple way to communicate, or does ...

Q. My family and I went to this cool drive-through park where you can buy treats to feed wild animals. They come right up to your car! So, I rolled my window down as a llama was coming toward the car.

WAVERLY, Tenn. — In sunglasses, a fishing shirt and khaki shorts, Vanderbilt researcher Brian Wadzinski grabbed a bucket of feed and ambled into a pack of 14 adorable alpacas — but not all of them ...

On National Llama Day, Dec. 9, learn some interesting facts about these animals. The animals are often confused for one another. So how do you tell them a part? For one, alpacas are much smaller.