Adam Kronback has been looking for ways to innovate since coming back to his fourth-generation family farm in Lamberton after ...

A cow named Veronika has stunned scientists by using tools in a flexible and purposeful way. She chooses different ends of a brush depending on the part of her body and adjusts her movements ...

This image shows a schematic illustration of the synthesis for nitrogen-doped porous carbon derived from cow dung. The colour legend at the bottom represents the different atoms present in the ...

Midwestern corn growers are testing whether they can use less fertilizer and still maintain yields or improve their bottom line through on-farm research trials. It’s part of an ongoing project led by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yoga is all about deep breaths and gentle stretches. But at this New Jersey farm, miniature cows wander freely between the mats — ...

Veronika is a brown cow. Her ability to employ tools with multiple uses leaves her in the company of only two known species: humans and chimps. A tool-using bovine has researchers rethinking cow ...

Veronika spends her days in the idyllic pastures of southern Austria, where she lives with her family. And every now and then, she picks up a broom to scratch those hard-to-reach areas of her back.

Oregon lawmakers are debating a controversial bill that would allow “farm stores” of up to 10,000 square feet on land zoned “exclusive farm use.” House Bill 4153, along with two proposed amendments, ...

In case you haven't heard, cows are using tools now. Well, one cow, Veronika, a brown cow in Switzerland that used a broom to scratch her back and belly. Alice Auersperg wrote a book about animal ...

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools." In case you haven't heard, cows are using tools now. Well, ...