‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

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

Cows use tools too

Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named ...

Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

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

Do Cows Use Tools? This One Does.

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 use tools, scientists report

The discovery builds on Jane Goodall’s research from the 1960s ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Cow Named Veronika Can Scratch Her Back With a Broom. Watch the Video That Scientists Are Calling the First Documented Evidence of Cattle Using Tools

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to ...
Science Focus

A cow has been filmed using tools for the first time ever, stunning scientists

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

Cows May Be Much Smarter Than We Thought. New Study Shows They’re Capable of Using Tools

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

This Cow’s Multi-Purpose Tool Use Challenges Assumptions About Animal Intelligence

Learn how researchers tested a cow’s behavior and what her tool use reveals about animal intelligence.

Ask Dr. Universe: Scientists use multiple tools to figure mass, size of planets

Scientists on Earth use seismometers to get a more detailed picture of what the inside of the Earth is made of. Those seismometers record vibrations from earthquakes. The vibrations change depending ...