On June 7, veteran American-Statesman sportswriter Rick Cantu will retire after 45 years. These are his six most memorable ...

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Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows ...

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to scratch herself. The cow, named Veronika, also appeared to refine her technique ...

A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...

Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools. That’s why a pet Swiss ...

A cow in Austria has been observed using tools ― the first time such behavior has been recorded in cattle. Have we underestimated the gentle bovines all this time? Like many other pets, she likes to ...

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 ...

Veronika, a cow living in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of scratching herself with sticks, rakes, and deck brushes. Now that scientists ...

The cow's scientific name is Bos taurus or Bos indicus (Zebu). Cows belong to the Bovidae family, including sheep, goats, and bison. Cows are social, intelligent animals with near 360° vision. When ...

ST. LOUIS – Animal print trends are taking center stage this fall at St. Clair Square in Fairview Heights, IL, with cow print emerging as the unexpected star. Christine Poehling, Marketing Director ...