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

Cows can now be counted among the animals shown to use tools deliberately – and to adapt them to different tasks. In a series ...

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

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

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 female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...