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Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00235-2Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

I have a farmer friend who regularly regales me with colourful stories of her cattle. Take the time when a beef cow called Noisette used her…

Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00206-7An Austrian cow has shown that some bovines are intelligent enough to employ objects for their own ends.

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January 19, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmA tool-using cow is challenging what we know about farm animal intelligenceA pet cow named Veronika uses…

Iida Turpeinen is the author of Beasts of the Sea, a Finnish novel tracing the fate of a now-extinct species: the sea cow. Similar to dugongs…

September 25, 20254 min readCow Udders Could Brew Up Dangerous New Bird Flu StrainsCells in cow udders could act as a site for human flu and…

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy, claims that beef tallow is a healthier alternative to seed oils (even though the American Heart Association disagrees). Raw…