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

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

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

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.