A 13-year-old Austrian cow has just nudged cattle a little higher up the intelligence ladder. Veronika, a pet cow in the ...

"Imagine the tools a cow would make. This idea, humorously illustrated in Gary Larson's Far Side cartoon, captures a ...

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

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools." ...

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 conducted a series of randomized trials with a deck scrub broom, chosen for its ...

Researchers have documented the tool-using abilities of an Austrian cow named Veronika, challenging assumptions about bovine intelligence.

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

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

In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic "Far Side" comic titled "Cow Tools." In it, a cow stands proudly beside a jumble of bizarre, useless objects that are "tools" in name only. The ...