Promising review: "I love this little guy. I found him on a BuzzFeed list and had to have it as soon as I saw it! I’ve minced ...

Many don't know about the enigmatic Coast Salish woolly dog, otherwise known as sqʷəmey̓ in the Hul'q'umi'num language. Liz ...

Four mummified llamas buried alive 500 years ago by the Inca Empire found perfectly preserved in Peru, revealing secrets of ...

"We are so far removed from the agricultural industry, and this is one way of giving back to the community and slightly ...

the only other group of Native people in the Americas to domesticate an animal in order to use their hair for spinning wool for textiles were ancient Peruvians, who used alpaca and llama.

Because llama wool is much coarser, it is used more for making rope ... “People in the highlands use it to wash their hair, too; that’s why you don’t see many Peruvians with grey hair!” Miguel tells ...

There’s no doubt that merino wool is an insulating rockstar among ... so their fleece has adapted to keep these llama-esque creatures toasty warm in cold temperatures. Fabric woven from alpaca hair ...

Domesticated by the Incas 6,000 years ago, these llama-like critters were traditionally kept in ... If we judge softness on microns alone, merino wins this round. Each merino wool hair can be as thin ...

9:30 a.m. - 4-H Llama Senior Showmanship – 4-H ... and getting a sheep’s wool coat ready for the show ring. Blow dryers, clippers, and combs are needed to get every hair in place. Watch our Sheep ...

Red for that same skin shredded with a Roman soldier’s lead-tipped whip. Black for the blood-drenched soft whorls of hair that looked like wool. Like mine. At my grandparents’ house on Thanksgiving, ...

Vicuñas, big-eyed camelids that roam the southern Andes, produce the finest and most expensive wool there is ... with coarse hair. A domesticated guanaco is a llama; its fiber is also used ...