Many animals have been studied and observed to have an incredible capacity for intelligence. Some of the most commonly cited examples of animal intelligence come from animals including primates, ...

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was ...

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

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

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools." ...

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

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

Raised as a pet in southern Austria, her solution to bothersome horseflies has changed what was known about animal ...

It would halt lifesaving discoveries and place patients at risk ...

The “Tool-Using” Wolf Seeing a gray wolf haul a crab trap out of the ocean looks like a scene from a science documentary that ...

Her owner, Witgar Wiegele, is an organic farmer and baker who keeps the cow as a pet. With Wiegele’s permission, they conducted a series of randomized trials with a deck scrub broom, chosen for its ...

Imagine a cow using tools with the same finesse as some primates. This astonishing phenomenon has emerged from Austria, where a cow named Veronika has demonstrated remarkable cognitive abilities that ...