Spike and his cohorts had been on the run in Nevada, wreaking havoc in Lovelock - the seat of Pershing County and the namesake of a nearby medium-security men’s prison.

Miniature antibodies from camels and llamas can slip into the brain more easily than conventional drugs, offering a new way to treat disorders like Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia. Researchers say these ...

Nanobodies—tiny proteins derived from animals in the camelid family including camels, llamas, and alpacas—could be useful in treating brain disorders like schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. In a ...

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Austin Wade is taking story time to a new level. A North Carolina dad has gone viral for his rap rendition of the children's book "Llama Llama Red Pajama" by author Anna Dewdney. Austin Wade took ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Andrea Parent-Tibbetts owner of Clover Brook Farm in Hyde Park, New York, about leaping llamas, an event at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival where animals compete to ...

There’s no shortage of uniquely Minnesotan happenings at the State Fair. One of the favorites is the 4-H Llama and Alpaca Costume Contest. Wednesday evening, 4-H’ers and their animals dressed in ...

Julie Barr knew the mountain lions were out there, in the wooded hills above her Lake County ranch. “But they never came down to the house,” she said. “There’s too much going on.” But the big cats did ...

A devastating mountain lion attack at a California farm has left 15 alpacas dead — and their owner still grappling with the senseless killing spree. Retired Navy nurse Julie Barr “never lost an animal ...

It's easy to mistake llamas and alpacas for each other: Both are slender fluffy four-legged mammals with long necks that live in herds. So what's the difference between these two species? "That is the ...

'The personality of my lovely Wainui is now a bit of a grumpy old man,' said the animal's owner, Vicki Cordier Guinness World Records Hawthornden Wainui, 27, is the world’s oldest alpaca in captivity ...

July 31 (UPI) --An alpaca living on a farm in New Zealand was officially named the oldest in the world at the age of 27 years and 185 days old. Guinness World Records said the animal, named ...