Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named ...

Cows can now be counted among the animals shown to use tools deliberately – and to adapt them to different tasks. In a series ...

The smartest cow ever lives in Austria and uses tools to solve problems, challenging what we know about cattle intelligence.

Researchers observed that Veronika typically prefers to use the bristled end of a deck brush when scratching the broad, firm ...

Learn how researchers tested a cow’s behavior and what her tool use reveals about animal intelligence.

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows ...

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

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 ...

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

Veronika, a cow in Austria, has stunned scientists by becoming the first documented cattle to use tools, forcing researchers to rethink animal intelligence and farm animal cognition worldwide today ...