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

The discovery builds on Jane Goodall’s research from the 1960s ...

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

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 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 ...

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The unlikely star of the study is Veronika, a 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow living in the alpine village of Nötsch in southern Austria.

A Swiss Brown cow named Veronika has demonstrated something researchers had never documented in cattle: flexible, multi-purpose tool use. According to a study from the University of Veterinary ...