The new discovery is the first of its kind in New York state for at least 11 years and appeared in a county rich with ...

Remarkably well preserved ice age remains like those discovered recently in a yard near Scotchtown, N.Y., are rare — but not ...

In late September, a married couple in Scotchtown, New York, found themselves at the crossroads of paleontology and ...

Find out how a New York couple helped unearth fossils from a species that frequently roamed Orange County 13,000 years ago.

A complete and well-preserved jaw that once belonged to an ancient mastodon has been unearthed from the yard of a home in New ...

The homeowner initially discovered two teeth hidden by a plant and later spotted two additional teeth a few inches ...

“When I found the teeth and examined them in my hands, I knew they were something special and decided to call in the experts, ...

An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard of a Hudson Valley house after the homeowner initially saw ...

Mastodon remains are much rarer than those of North American mammoth species, and Orange County is a hot bed of mastodon ...

According to the news release, the mastodon jaw was found protruding from the topsoil, which caught the homeowner's attention. The homeowner found two teeth concealed by the fronds of a plant on ...