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

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. In a series ...

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

Veronika has officially put cows in one of biology’s most exclusive circles: the flexible tool users club. While scientists ...

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

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

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

The wolf seemed to know exactly what she was doing. She dove into the water, fetched a fishing float and brought it to shore. She then waded back in and tugged on a rope connected to the float. She ...

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 ...

New Caledonian crows may find tool use fun, according to a new study. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Getting food is nice. But scoring that food through clever tool use is even ...