A llama in County Clare has been tasked with the important job of watching over a flock of sheep, and he's the only one this farmer trusts to do it well. Tom Gleeson, 75, has enlisted the services of ...

Sheep farmers have used dogs for centuries to protect their flocks from predators. But in recent years, another animal has joined the effort: the llama. "All of a sudden that seems to be taking off.

ENUMCLAW, Wash. — The Northern Lights on Friday night were a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many residents across western Washington, including the four-legged residents of a sheep sanctuary. The ...

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 ...

As Don MacQueen approached the western end of a fenced-in portion of his property, the llama with banana ears and a beige coat that stands about 7 feet tall, began walking gently toward him. The ...

The number of llamas in the United States has cratered, dropping from nearly 145,000 in 2002 to fewer than 40,000, according to Department of Agriculture census data. Farmers, auctioneers and experts ...

Goats, alpacas and llamas, oh my. This weekend at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival in the Hudson Valley of New York, those animals will face off in Leaping Llamas, an event to see which can clear ...