A pet cow named Veronika uses a tool in a surprisingly sophisticated way—possibly because she has been allowed to live her ...

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

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 ...

"You be good. I love you. See you tomorrow." ...

When people think of intelligent animals, they immediately think of dolphins, elephants, and chimpanzees. But one of the most ...

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

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

What if you could look into a cow's face and know whether it had a fever? A new tool from the Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Lab at the University of Arkansas uses artificial intelligence ...

The global search for the most intelligent animals has become one of science’s most captivating pursuits. From jungles to oceans to treetops, researchers are continually discovering surprising new ...