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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has challenged assumptions about livestock intelligence by documenting the first known instance of a cow using tools.

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 ...

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 ...

Veronika is a brown cow. Her ability to employ tools with multiple uses leaves her in the company of only two known species: humans and chimps. A tool-using bovine has researchers rethinking cow ...