The smartest cow ever lives in Austria and uses tools to solve problems, challenging what we know about cattle intelligence.

Veronika, a pet Swiss Brown cow, whose clever use of tools suggests cattle are far more intelligent than we’ve given them ...

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

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

Veronika, a cow from Austria, uses sticks to scratch herself, amazing scientists worldwide, going viral online and revealing ...

Credit: Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró/Cover Images Gary Larson’s 1982 The Far Side cartoon Cow Tools has long delighted internet ...

Scientists say they've observed the first ever verified case of a cow using tools, vindicating a decades-old comic strip.

For decades, the default assumption has been that cows don’t have the kind of minds that support tool use. A famous Far Side cartoon, Cow Tools, made that idea into a joke: a cow stands beside strange ...

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees ...

A cow has stunned scientists by becoming the first documented bovine to use a multi-purpose tool, raising questions about the ...

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