Thinking about best friends might conjure up the idea of humans or perhaps other animals, such as dogs or cats. However, what ...

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows ...

Veronika has officially put cows in one of biology’s most exclusive circles: the flexible tool users club. While scientists ...

In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an ...

Cows hold a revered place in Hinduism, symbolizing abundance, motherhood, and nature's bounty. Revered as Gau Mata, the cow embodies the earth's nurturing essence, providing sustenance and ...

A new study paints a complex picture of the outbreak, suggesting that the virus could be spreading in multiple ways and that it is not always mild in cows. By Emily Anthes As the bird flu outbreak in ...

When my daughter was ten years old, I dared her to put her hand in the stomach of a fistulated cow–hoping she would overcome the ick factor and learn something about cow digestion. If you have never ...