A cow named Veronika stunned scientists after being filmed using a tool, forcing researchers to rethink what intelligence ...

A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...

Travelers in the Swiss Alps are bound to see cows dotting the hillsides, or even running up to say hello and ask for a ...

Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was documented using tools with impressive skill for the first time ever, suggesting the humble bovine may ...

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

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

Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools, but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might ...

The name of this cow, 牛, is Veronika, Veronika. She has turned 13 years old this year. She lives on an organic farm in ...

In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, ...

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

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

A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her ...