While many other animals have been observed to use tools, this level of sophistication is rare outside of primates like ...

Getty Image There are many people in this world who adore cows. When thinking of our love for cows, most people equate it to ...

Travelers in the Swiss Alps are bound to see cows dotting the hillsides, or even running up to say hello and ask for a ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

A brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia named Veronica amazed scientists by becoming the first recorded case of an animal using a stick as a tool. This was reported by the Daily Mail ...

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

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia.

Researchers report the first documented case of tool use in cattle, based on a Swiss Brown cow named Veronika who doesn’t just grab an object and rub it against herself.

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 ...

Researchers in Austria detailed the unusual case of the first cow to be documented using tools -- specifically, a brush she ...

As a cow with 'extraordinary intelligence' is discovered, experts have revealed more animals with unique skills and abilities ...

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