Excavations at an opencast mine in Greece have uncovered two wooden objects more than 400,000 years old that appear to have ...

These 430,000-year-old wooden tools from Greece are a rare find and provide a glimpse at the technical know-how of our early ...

Researchers report clear evidence of flexible tool use in a domestic cow, expanding scientific understanding of animal cognition beyond traditional species.

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools." ...

Researchers from Nottingham Trent University studied 415 gardens in Chester, U.K., and observed the hedgehogs using trail ...

A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...

Veronika was 4 years old when she picked up her first tool: a tree branch, found in her pasture in the town of Nötsch im ...

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

"Imagine the tools a cow would make. This idea, humorously illustrated in Gary Larson's Far Side cartoon, captures a ...

The old Swiss Brown cow has astonished scientists in Austria with her broom, which she uses as a multi-purpose tool.

Scientists investigating video of a cow using tools say their findings could expand the list of animals capable of tool use.

Researchers in Austria detailed the unusual case of the first cow to be documented using tools -- specifically, a brush she ...