Researchers in Austria detailed the unusual case of the first cow to be documented using tools -- specifically, a brush she ...

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

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

A pet cow in Austria named Veronika picks up sticks with her mouth and uses them to scratch herself—which a team at ...

A Swiss Brown cow is out to prove cows are smarter than people think.

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

The discovery suggests cows may have far greater cognitive abilities than previously assumed.

Veronika, a cow living in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of ...

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

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

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

In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic "Far Side" comic titled "Cow Tools." In it, a cow stands proudly ...