Thinking about best friends might conjure up the idea of humans or perhaps other animals, such as dogs or cats. However, what ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

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Veronika the Austrian cow adapts the placement of a tool depending where on her body she has an itch, and challenges assumptions about cattle smarts in the process.

The 13-year-old Swiss Brown is the first cow to show the ability to use tools, scratching itself with a deck brush and even ...

Veronika the brown cow's dexterous and graceful tool use upends long-held assumptions about the intelligence of cows, say ...

A cow in Austria has become famous for using tools, in her case, a long-handled brush, to scratch herself. Scientists say ...

This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists ...

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.

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