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Cows Can Use Tools. Are We Underestimating How Smart They Are?
A cow named Veronika has made headlines around the world after researchers confirmed for the first time that cows are capable of using tools based on observations of her behavior. But Veronika is likely not the only cow whose capacities might surprise us if we only looked a little closer.
People Can Give Cows Tuberculosis, But We Rarely Look For It
A cough, followed by a blood-stained handkerchief, is etched into popular culture as a signal of impending death. The killer is tuberculosis, and it has been at the heart of human tragedy as the world’s deadliest infectious disease in recorded history.
Veronika the cow has a broom, and she knows how to use it (to scratch herself)
Scientist say her complex tool use proves cows are smarter than people think.
This tool-using cow defies expectations for bovine braininess
Veronika the cow uses a brush as a tool to scratch herself, revealing rare problem-solving skills and expanding what we know of tool use in animals.
A Cow Ran Away from a Slaughterhouse Days Before She Was Scheduled to Die. Then, the Community Rallied Behind Her
Mootilda the cow escaped from a meat processing plant in Arizona in August 2025, where she was scheduled to die within days. The cow now resides at Aimee’s Farm Animal Sanctuary in San Tan Valley.
Here's What It Takes to Produce Slaughter-Free Milk
At Gita Valley dairy, the cows are never slaughtered and the milk costs $18 a gallon.
New York Bill Aims to Ban New Mega-Dairies
In New York, the country’s fifth largest milk-producing state , lawmakers are taking aim at the rapid growth of massive dairy farms, in what environmentalists say is a crucial first step to addressing environmental and social impacts from these industrial facilities.
How the Messy Process of Milking Cows Can Spread Bird Flu
On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health experts say.
The end of dairy’s ‘dirty secret’? Farms have a year to stop killing male calves
Supermarket support and rising use of sexed semen expected to help UK farmers meet new welfare rules by the end of 2021
Cows Can Use Tools. Are We Underestimating How Smart They Are?
A cow named Veronika has made headlines around the world after researchers confirmed for the first time that cows are capable of using tools based on observations of her behavior. But Veronika is likely not the only cow whose capacities might surprise us if we only looked a little closer.
People Can Give Cows Tuberculosis, But We Rarely Look For It
A cough, followed by a blood-stained handkerchief, is etched into popular culture as a signal of impending death. The killer is tuberculosis, and it has been at the heart of human tragedy as the world’s deadliest infectious disease in recorded history.
Veronika the cow has a broom, and she knows how to use it (to scratch herself)
Scientist say her complex tool use proves cows are smarter than people think.
This tool-using cow defies expectations for bovine braininess
Veronika the cow uses a brush as a tool to scratch herself, revealing rare problem-solving skills and expanding what we know of tool use in animals.
A Cow Ran Away from a Slaughterhouse Days Before She Was Scheduled to Die. Then, the Community Rallied Behind Her
Mootilda the cow escaped from a meat processing plant in Arizona in August 2025, where she was scheduled to die within days. The cow now resides at Aimee’s Farm Animal Sanctuary in San Tan Valley.
Here's What It Takes to Produce Slaughter-Free Milk
At Gita Valley dairy, the cows are never slaughtered and the milk costs $18 a gallon.
New York Bill Aims to Ban New Mega-Dairies
In New York, the country’s fifth largest milk-producing state , lawmakers are taking aim at the rapid growth of massive dairy farms, in what environmentalists say is a crucial first step to addressing environmental and social impacts from these industrial facilities.
How the Messy Process of Milking Cows Can Spread Bird Flu
On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health experts say.
The end of dairy’s ‘dirty secret’? Farms have a year to stop killing male calves
Supermarket support and rising use of sexed semen expected to help UK farmers meet new welfare rules by the end of 2021
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