A Swiss Brown cow is out to prove cows are smarter than people think.

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to scratch herself. The cow, named Veronika, also appeared to refine her technique ...

This week’s question: Researchers have observed Veronika, a 13-year-old pet cow, grasping a broom with her mouth and using it to scratch her back—the first documented case of tool use in bovines. In ...

A back scratching bovine has forced scientists to reassess the intelligence of cattle. Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travelers in the Swiss Alps are bound to see cows dotting the hillsides, or even running up to say hello and ask for a scratch on ...