“Don’t they spit?” is the first question people asked me when I said I was going to hike with llamas. It’s a misconception that llama trainer, owner and hiking leader A.J. Collier wishes didn’t exist.

After the economy began to sputter in 2007, Sue Morgan, a home-care nurse by trade, and her engineer husband, George, talked privately about getting out of the miniature llama breeding business. They ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Native people of the Andes Mountains have historically saddled the ...

People who keep llamas as pets will readily offer you any number of reasons: llamas are quiet, they're gentle and affectionate, they don't take a lot of work to maintain and, for outdoor animals, they ...