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

Cattle are seen as animals with small brains, lacking intelligence and emotion. Veronika the cow has just proven that to be wrong.

Intelligence isn’t unique to humans — as the 15 videos of animals solving problems below are about to show you. The animal kingdom is packed with creatures that can solve complex puzzles, use tools, ...

This post is in response to Unexpected Creative Tool Use By a Wild Wolf to Catch Crabs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Veronika using the brush to scratch her back. Source: A. J. Osuna-Mascaró/with permission.

A Swiss Brown cow has been shown to use tools flexibly and deliberately, challenging long-standing assumptions about the cognitive limits of livestock. In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson introduced ...

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

Atlantic puffins spend a surprising amount of time on two very domestic problems: keeping their feathers preened and making ...

A cow in Austria has made headlines for demonstrating flexible tool use, challenging assumptions about animal intelligence.

Auersperg and her colleague Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró conducted an in-depth study of Veronika’s tool use, focusing on a deck brush that she used to scratch various parts of her body. Their observations ...

Birds and wasps do it. So do octopuses, otters, polar bears and dolphins. A surprising number of animals use tools, and scientists say there are... Myth Busting: The Truth About Animals And Tools A ...

This post is in response to Unexpected Creative Tool Use By a Wild Wolf to Catch Crabs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Source: Pixabay/Pexels. We now know that a wide variety of animals use tools, and there are ...