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

New discoveries reveal that giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with early humans in the Americas for millennia.

"This discovery is a testament to the rich paleontological history of New York," New York State Museum's Robert Feranec said.

The proboscidean's jaw was found about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of New York City, and will be put on public ...

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 New York homeowner, in Scotchtown, Orange County, was "thrilled" to find mastodon fossils in their backyard, which museum ...

Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while ...

The Mastodon, which is distantly related to the elephant, inhabited North and Central America approximately 10,000 years ago.