Cows have close companions that help them lower their stress levels, particularly in new or changing situations. Calves raised in pairs rather than on their own appear to show more positive growth and ...

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 ...

Raising dairy cows delivers multiple benefits. Just one “bossy” contentedly chewing her cud in the lower 40–or even in a small backyard plot–can easily provide your family with all the milk, cheese, ...

A 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow in a quiet Austrian village is forcing scientists to redraw the mental map of the barnyard. By picking up brushes and sticks to scratch hard-to-reach itches, Veronika is ...

COLMAN, S.D. — Elementary school classrooms across South Dakota now have the opportunity “adopt” a classroom beef cow. The Adopt-A-Cow Beef program is a spin-off of a previous South Dakota State ...

highland cattle in the meadow© OE993/iStock via Getty Images It’s common in just about any pasture to notice two cows grazing side by side and going about their typical activities together rather than ...