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

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

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

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

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

Despite over 10,000 years of domestication, research on cattle cognitive ability remains rare. Scientists have since ...

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

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 ...