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Meet Veronika, an Austrian cow whose creative itch-relief routine is forcing researchers to rethink what cattle are capable of.

Using decades of NEXRAD radar data, scientists discovered a shared sky habitat packed with nightly animal movement.

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A 13-year-old Austrian cow has just nudged cattle a little higher up the intelligence ladder. Veronika, a pet cow in the ...

A cat’s purr carries a consistent vocal signature, while meows evolved to be flexible tools for interacting with humans. A new study led by scientists at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Unive ...

The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip ...