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Llamas

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

Yerbas Buenas Petroglyphs

At this beautifully preserved Pre-Hispanic site, you can see ancient petroglyphs with depictions of llamas and alpacas.

The carved-shell llama and the gold roll are recurring motifs in Inca offerings, submerged and otherwise.

Found: A Miniature Incan Llama at the Bottom of Lake Titicaca

The centuries-old offering was nestled inside an underwater stone box.

Isaac Schultz August 12, 2020

Rusted Wildlife.

Prague, Czechia

'Llamas (He and She)'

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

The llamas of ShangriLlama.

Royse City, Texas

ShangriLlama

In Texas, a replica Irish castle is home to a charismatic pack of llamas.

A <em>Hydrozetes</em> mite cored from Marcacocha.

Poop-Eating Mites Are Handy Historians

These arthropods can tell us about the causes of animal extinctions.

Matthew Taub January 9, 2019

The llama's face.

Found: A Llama on the Lam

A brief story about a lost animal, a tweet, and a homecoming.

Erik Shilling August 11, 2017

The Curious History of Animals Interfering With the Tour de France

The llamas are only the latest animal to disrupt the world's most famous bicycle race.

Jessie Guy-Ryan July 10, 2016