Many animals have been studied and observed to have an incredible capacity for intelligence. Some of the most commonly cited ...

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

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

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

A pet cow in Austria started using a broom to scratch herself — the first ever documented case of bovine tool use. For the first time ever, a cow has been documented not only using a tool but ...

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

A Swiss Brown cow has been shown to use tools flexibly and deliberately, challenging long-standing assumptions about the cognitive limits of livestock. In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson introduced ...