Researchers report the first documented case of tool use in cattle, based on a Swiss Brown cow named Veronika who doesn’t just grab an object and rub it against herself.

For decades, the default assumption has been that cows don’t have the kind of minds that support tool use. A famous Far Side cartoon, Cow Tools, made that idea into a joke: a cow stands beside strange ...

Using that as a jumping-off point, my wife and I love to take the kids to local museums and cultural festivals, and we have ...

While you may expect cartoons to be filled with fluffy characters and silly storylines, these 12 cartoon characters have some ...

Credit: Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró/Cover Images Gary Larson’s 1982 The Far Side cartoon Cow Tools has long delighted internet ...

For a generation of viewers, The Lion King and other big studio cartoons are comfort watches, not political texts. A new ...