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

A new study is the first to describe tool use in a cow. It could be evidence that livestock has higher cognitive capabilities ...

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

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

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

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

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...