A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip ...
Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named ...
The unexpected observation of a cow using a broom to scratch herself isn't necessarily surprising, but it expands our ...
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 ...
In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, ...
Veronika the cow uses a brush as a tool to scratch herself, revealing rare problem-solving skills and expanding what we know ...
A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows ...
A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her ...
The discovery builds on Jane Goodall’s research from the 1960s ...
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 ...