A pet cow in Austria named Veronika picks up sticks with her mouth and uses them to scratch herself—which a team at ...

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

The intentional, flexible use of tools has long been considered a hallmark of cognitive ability. For much of modern science, ...

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 pet cow in Austria started using a broom to scratch herself — the first ever documented case of bovine tool use. For the ...

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

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 ...

The orca on the left carries kelp in its mouth, allowing the whales to "allokelp," or roll the plant between their two bodies. - Center for Whale Research Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN ...

We humans are nothing if not inventive. Our innovations have come to underpin virtually every facet of daily life—from what we eat to how we communicate. This ingenuity is intrinsically linked to both ...

High school science teachers can design tasks that not only develop students’ science skills but also change how they see ...