Even as they’re pushing the boundaries of research and discovery with AI, UC scientists are asking the right questions about ...

We’ve turned survival responses into a black-and-white idea: pathology or wisdom. This is what we miss when we do that, and ...

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to ...

This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

Cognitive scientists explain what’s driving the precipitous decline in our ability to focus—and offer evidence-based ...

Veronika, a pet Swiss Brown cow, whose clever use of tools suggests cattle are far more intelligent than we’ve given them ...

A new study is the first to describe tool use in a cow. It could be evidence that livestock has higher cognitive capabilities ...

Researchers observed that Veronika typically prefers to use the bristled end of a deck brush when scratching the broad, firm ...

Veronika, a cow living in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of ...

Brain damage is unavoidable in any combat art, but deliberately conditioning the chin and head is different. A resurfaced ...