A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her ...

In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, ...

A very clever cow has learned to use sticks to scratch herself, the first time sophisticated tool use has been seen in ...

A pet cow in Austria started using a broom to scratch herself — the first ever documented case of bovine tool use.

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was documented using tools with impressive skill for the first time ever, ...

A new study is the first to describe tool use in a cow. It could be evidence that livestock has higher cognitive capabilities ...

A 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow in a quiet Austrian village is forcing scientists to redraw the mental map of the barnyard. By ...

Scientists investigating video of a cow using tools say their findings could expand the list of animals capable of tool use.

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to ...

For decades, the default assumption has been that cows don’t have the kind of minds that support tool use. A famous Far Side cartoon, Cow Tools, made that idea into a joke: a cow stands beside strange ...