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Brown Swiss cow holding a wooden brush in her mouth in a green Austrian alpine meadow

A Cow Named Veronika Just Shattered What We Thought About Animal Intelligence

A 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow in Austria uses different ends of a brush depending on the body part she's scratching, a type of flexible tool use previously documented only in chimpanzees.

Casey Cooper·March 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM UTC

Close-up of a crow with intelligent dark eyes against blurred urban background

Nature

Why Crows Remember Faces (And Hold Grudges)

Crows recognize individual human faces and remember who threatened them for years. Their intelligence reveals something unexpected about how minds evolve.

Casey Cooper·January 6, 2026

Orca whale breaching from ocean water with dramatic spray

Nature

The Orcas That Use Tools: What Killer Whale Innovation Tells Us About Intelligence

Scientists have observed orcas using objects as tools, adding killer whales to the small club of animals that manipulate their environment to solve problems.

Casey Cooper·December 13, 2025

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