One could say it is the year of the alpaca. And as brands and retailers increasingly seek ways to advance and embrace sustainability, alpaca has emerged as a viable alternative for designers and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A community of alpaca farmers in the high Peruvian Andes is witnessing the loss of its mountain glaciers as a result of a warming climate and ...

In 2016, the Inter-American Foundation issued a $903,811 grant to COOPECAN, an organization training alpaca farmers in Peru, according to its website. DOGE said it canceled a grant of that amount in ...

In this Andean nation far from glamorous runways, some of the most fashionable residents have four legs: vicunas, alpacas and llamas. Exports of the animals' fleecy coats have nearly doubled to more ...

Three local Peruvian female weavers creating colourful alpaca wool on the ground in the Sacred Valley. Obviously, you can’t travel to Peru right now, but if you’re itching to buy some of the country’s ...

Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi has spent a decade training dogs to ride the nose of his board when he catches waves, and now he is the first to do so with an alpaca. Pianezzi, 44, has slowly ...

A skinned alpaca, which died due to subfreezing temperatures, hangs on a fence above live alpacas in Peru. Alpaca owners are butchering their dead animals to cook for their families. The Peruvian ...