The intentional, flexible use of tools has long been considered a hallmark of cognitive ability. For much of modern science, ...

Veronika, a cow living in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of ...

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

Raised as a pet in southern Austria, her solution to bothersome horseflies has changed what was known about animal ...

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

The unexpected observation of a cow using a broom to scratch herself isn't necessarily surprising, but it expands our ...

New Caledonian crows may find tool use fun, according to a new study. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Getting food is nice. But scoring that food through clever tool use is even ...

A wolf was filmed pulling bait out of a submerged crab trap — with some experts howling with glee that it could be the first documented evidence of the beasts using tools. The female wolf was recently ...

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