HAMPTON -- Behind the home of Denise Spina and Mitch Sparrow in Hampton, a humming noise fills the air. Often quiet animals, alpacas make a humming sound to communicate with one another or to express ...

Ryan Williams and his alpaca, Bear, stood side by side at the opening of the arena at the National Western Stock Show, waiting for their opportunity to impress.Bear, a 2-year-old old alpaca with ...

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.

Rhonda Seybert’s alpaca farm, Humming Desert Alpacas in Algodones, was on the rocks. It was early 2022, and the coronavirus pandemic had slowed the once-steady stream of visitors who had come to ...