A seemingly ordinary gardening project in upstate New York turned extraordinary when a local man unearthed a prehistor ...

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

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

For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths ...

The discovery of the remarkably well-preserved mastodon jaw was announced Tuesday by the New York State Department of ...

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

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.

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