Veronika’s improvised grooming device has caused great surprise – but that tells us more about humans than cows, says science writer Helen Pilcher ...

A cow in Austria has been observed using tools ― the first time such behavior has been recorded in cattle. Have we ...

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

Veronika the Austrian cow adapts the placement of a tool depending where on her body she has an itch, and challenges assumptions about cattle smarts in the process.

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

Veronika the cow uses a brush as a tool to scratch herself, revealing rare problem-solving skills and expanding what we know ...

Veronika, a pet cow in Austria, has shocked scientists by using a broom to scratch her back. While chimps, crows, dolphins ...

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