The unexpected observation of a cow using a broom to scratch herself isn't necessarily surprising, but it expands our ...

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

This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...