Dating back to the dawn of civilization, humans have been one of the only creatures on Earth that use multi-purpose tools.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named ...

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

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

A cow’s clever behavior using back-scratching tool forces scientists to rethink intelligence of animals - This type of ...

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