That site is a few miles from where the most recent mastodon bones were discovered. Scientists will perform carbon dating on ...

A backyard in New York became the site of a remarkable prehistoric discovery when a homeowner unearthed a complete and ...

A mastodon jaw fossil was found near a New York home, the first discovery of its kind in over 11 years. Michigan knows a ...

A piece of a toe bone and a rib fragment also were found. New York has been the site of more than 150 mastodon fossil discoveries over the years, and about one-third of them have happened in ...

An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard ... It’s the first time in 11 years a similar fossil has been found in the state. The homeowner saw the teeth of the fossil ...

SCOTCHTOWN, N.Y. — Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year.

The jawbone was determined by researchers from the New York State Museum and SUNY Orange to be from a mastodon, an ancient elephant-like species that went extinct around 10,000 years ago.

A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of a residence near Scotchtown, New York, the first such find in more than 11 years, the New York State Education Department said in a news ...

SCOTCHTOWN, N.Y. — Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year.