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

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows ...

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

Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented case of a ...

In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic "Far Side" comic titled "Cow Tools." In it, a cow stands proudly ...

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

I have civil rights on my mind these days. And as I write on this national holiday with some celebrating Martin Luther King ...

Her owner, Witgar Wiegele, is an organic farmer and baker who keeps the cow as a pet. With Wiegele’s permission, they ...

It was always a joy to watch those laughing, giggling and fighting animals in cartoon films. Of course, a lot of their ...

A clever cow called Veronika is the first ever to be recorded using tools - including a brush to scratch her back. The old ...

A 13-year-old Austrian cow has just nudged cattle a little higher up the intelligence ladder. Veronika, a pet cow in the ...