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

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

Her owner, Witgar Wiegele, is an organic farmer and baker who keeps the cow as a pet. With Wiegele’s permission, they ...

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

A pet cow has learned to scratch herself with a broom, showing creative problem-solving skills that make it harder to ignore ...

Veronika’s tool use is considered “egocentric” tooling because it’s directed at herself. Although it’s simpler than ...

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

Veronika has officially put cows in one of biology’s most exclusive circles: the flexible tool users club. While scientists ...

The name of this cow, 牛, is Veronika, Veronika. She has turned 13 years old this year. She lives on an organic farm in ...

The unlikely star of the study is Veronika, a 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow living in the alpine village of Nötsch in southern ...

That’s why in the future, she thinks, neural prostheses meant for patients with a stroke or paralysis will decode facial ...