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Jan. 20 (UPI) --Researchers in Austria detailed the unusual case of the first cow to be documented using tools -- specifically, sticks and brushes she uses to scratch herself. The team from the ...

Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools. That’s why a pet Swiss ...

It is a case of wolves in fishermen’s clothing as several of them have been spotted pulling crab traps from waters off Canada’s west coast in what scientists say may be the first documented case of ...

A 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow in a quiet Austrian village is forcing scientists to redraw the mental map of the barnyard. By picking up brushes and sticks to scratch hard-to-reach itches, Veronika is ...

A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...