The New York State Museum is hailing it as a "major discovery" that will help scientists better understand once-abundant ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

A New York homeowner unearthed a mastodon jaw that was peeking from beneath the soil in the backyard of their home.

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

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

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

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

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