For the ultimate winter wardrobe pick-me-up, invest in a layer made out of one of the most luxurious and rare materials in the world: vicuña. Yes, coats, jackets, and scarves made out of vicuña often ...

These vicuñas are awaiting a haircut at Pulario in Bolivia. Daniel Maydana This story was first published on Mongabay.com as part of its Latin American Wildlife Trade series Corsino Huallata Ibarra ...

For the ultimate winter-wardrobe pick-me-up, invest in a coat made out of one of the most luxurious and rare materials in the world—vicuña. Yes, coats, jackets, and scarves made out of vicuña often ...

Reporting from Arica, Chile — Vicunas, the wild Andean relatives of camels, are being hunted mercilessly by poachers as the price of the animals’ luxuriantly soft hair, coveted by European and Asian ...

As the price of their wool rises, vicuñas, like the one picture here near the ALMA telescope in Chile, faces threats from poaching gangs. Alessandro Caproni/Flickr CC BY 2.0 In May, Peruvian ...

The Chaccu - dubbed the Andean rodeo - is a tradition from Peru's pre-Hispanic past that survives to this day. But it is not just folkloric - the annual herding and shearing of vicunas plays a key ...

Approximately 5,000 vicuñas have been found dead over the past five years, skinned and stripped of their valuable fur to supply an illicit international trade — possibly including China. Identifying ...