NÖTSCH IM GAILTAL, Austria (WFLA) — A video of a cow scratching herself with a broom shocked viewers and researchers due to the cow’s clever ability to use tools as an itch-relieving innovation. The ...

Many animals have been studied and observed to have an incredible capacity for intelligence. Some of the most commonly cited examples of animal intelligence come from animals including primates, ...

Video taken as part of a research study in Europe shows a cow using a broom to scratch its own back, and it's the first documented case in a scientific paper of a cow using a tool in this manner.

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.

Veronika spends her days in the idyllic pastures of southern Austria, where she lives with her family. And every now and then, she picks up a broom to scratch those hard-to-reach areas of her back.

In case you haven't heard, cows are using tools now. Well, one cow, Veronika, a brown cow in Switzerland that used a broom to scratch her back and belly. Alice Auersperg wrote a book about animal ...

This cow in Austria doesn't need to wait around for a human to scratch an annoying itch. Veronika is a 13-year-old Swiss Brown and has figured out how to fashion a broom into a back scratcher. Her ...

This week is National Travel and Tourism week, and Pinellas County officials are sharing how much tourism helps their local economy. Leaders with Visit St. Pete-Clearwater said their travel and ...