The mastodon jaw and some other bone fragments were found in late September in a backyard near Scotchtown, New York.

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 ...

In Scotchtown, about 70 miles northwest of New York City, one couple came upon an unusual and thrilling paleontological find ...

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

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 ...

A backyard in Orange County, New York, became the site of an incredible discovery of a complete mastodon jaw -- the first ...

The first mastodon fossil discovery in New York in over 11 years started with some routine gardening in an Orange County ...

An Orange County, New York homeowner recently stumbled upon a prehistoric discovery in their backyard—a complete mastodon jaw ...

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

A mastodon jaw was concealed by a plant in a Scotchtown family's yard. Now it's part of Orange County's growing list of ...

A complete mastodon jaw and additional bone fragments were unearthed from the backyard of a home in Scotchtown, N.Y., ...