Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows ...

This post is in response to Do Cows Use Tools? New Research Says Yes By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Veronika using a brush as a tool to scratch various parts of her body. Source: A. J. Osuna-Mascaró/with ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea off the U.S. state of Washington have been observed making tools from bull kelp stalks, biting ...

A pack of wolves in British Columbia has been baffling Indigenous fishermen for weeks, but the fascinating discovery is now raising even more questions. That's because the wolves' actions, which were ...

A brilliant cow named Veronika has become the first cow ever documented using tools - including employing a brush to give her back a good scratch. The old Swiss Brown bovine has left scientists in ...

Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the Salish Sea when he spotted one of the killer whales carrying something green in its mouth ...

In case you haven't heard, cows are using tools now. Well, one cow, Veronika, a brown cow in Switzerland that used a broom to scratch her back and belly. Alice Auersperg wrote a book about animal ...