Clint Godwin and Corry McAtee will teach alpaca shearing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The classes and free shearing demonstrations will be at Alpacas Olympics’ Farm Store, 669 N. Lees ...

Humdinger Alpaca Shearing Festival: Open Farm Shearing Day is being held this Sunday, May 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Humdinger Alpaca Farm in Phillipsburg. People are invited to come out for the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. About 200 alpacas and llamas from across the Gallatin and Paradise valleys gathered in Bozeman ...

Is there any doubt? Alpacas are simply adorable. One look at the cuter cousin of the llama and it's hard not to fall for the fluffy fleece, friendly demeanor and irresistible way they peer out through ...

UNITY, Maine (WABI) -You know that feeling after a fresh haircut? Or, to give up the heavy winter coat after a long winter? Well, that’s what a few dozen alpacas felt like Sunday! The Northern ...

LAMAR • The alpacas at Arella Farm in Lamar got their yearly shearing this past Wednesday. The shearing, performed by Clean-Cut Shearing with shearingalpaca.com, is a process that both yields valuable ...

WINDSOR — One by one, Jeff Burchstead wrestled the fickle creatures out of their enclosure and onto a mat. With motorized shears, he removed a blanket of fleece from each of the bleating sheep, then ...

They’re not going into the army, but these gentle giants all shared the same hairdo after the clippers were finished. Inside a cozy barn at the Sopris Alpaca Farm on Saturday, 60 alpacas were trimmed ...

Alpacas, a species of New World camelids, have very thick wool. This requires them to be shorn regularly, just like sheep. But shearing is a source of stress for the animals. This has now been ...

Sometimes, being a researcher is repetitive and boring — all those lab tests and mice studies. And sometimes, being a researcher means shearing alpacas for science. If you’re not familiar with alpacas ...