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

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

The 13-year-old Swiss Brown is the first cow to show the ability to use tools, scratching itself with a deck brush and even ...

Her owner, Witgar Wiegele, is an organic farmer and baker who keeps the cow as a pet. With Wiegele’s permission, they ...

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

For generations, scientists considered the use of tools to be the defining separation between humans and animals.

A 13-year-old Austrian cow has just nudged cattle a little higher up the intelligence ladder. Veronika, a pet cow in the ...

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