A pet cow in Austria named Veronika picks up sticks with her mouth and uses them to scratch herself—which a team at ...

The old Swiss Brown cow has astonished scientists in Austria with her broom, which she uses as a multi-purpose tool.

Learn how researchers tested a cow’s behavior and what her tool use reveals about animal intelligence.

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

Scientists investigating video of a cow using tools say their findings could expand the list of animals capable of tool use.

A 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow in a quiet Austrian village is forcing scientists to redraw the mental map of the barnyard. By ...

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 ...