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 ...

HOPEWELL -- The fleece is flying everywhere. Nathan Good, a professional sheep and alpaca shearer is moving his clippers back and forth down the side of a 3-year-old Suri alpaca named Copper Penny, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TROY, IL (KTVI) – Beth Brown from Odelia ...

If you’re an alpaca, you know how it is: You’re standing around, grazing and minding your own business, and all of a sudden some human comes along and shears off your fur so they can turn it into ...

The South American creatures give up their coats so others can wear nice sweaters. Loretta didn’t want to get her hair cut. The big, white alpaca whinnied like a pony, bucked and kicked and put up a ...

Morning Beckons Farm was the site of the eighth annual North American Alpaca Shearing Contest, on June 24. The contests pit a two-person crew against a clock. They were judged on how fast they were ...

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 ...

GALCHUTT, N.D. - Low hums rumble across the Ten Seven Acres alpaca farm here on a hot afternoon in early May. Dirk and Jessie Monson's herd of 15 alpacas and one llama, plus another group of nine from ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — With a new school year just around the corner and summer break coming to an end, you may be running out of ideas on how to keep your kids busy. Shear Heaven Farm in York County ...