Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Given how the legacy of “Cow Tools” is characterized by a complete disbelief that Larson’s joke was as simple as, “if cows had ...

During a design meeting this week I was forced to make the following reply: "Nope. That's 'Cow Tools'." There were a couple of blank stares in the room, mostly from the new guys. I often forget that ...

"Imagine the tools a cow would make. This idea, humorously illustrated in Gary Larson's Far Side cartoon, captures a widespread assumption: cows are neither problem-solvers nor tool users." This may ...

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, ...

A cow has stunned scientists by becoming the first documented bovine to use a multi-purpose tool, raising questions about the intelligence of the species. Veronika, a 13-year-old Swiss cow, has ...

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 ...