Earlier this fall, a resident in the town of Wallkill's hamlet of Scotchtown unearthed the first pieces of what turned out to be a full mastodon jaw in his yard. The resident, who did not want to be ...

Remarkably well preserved ice age remains like those discovered recently in a yard near Scotchtown, N.Y., are rare — but not as rare as you might think. By Christopher Maag A married couple arrived in ...

A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. But then the fossil vanished, and it took a media ...

DETROIT, Mich. -- A 6-year-old boy noticed something on the ground while on a family walk in Michigan last month. It turned out to be a mastodon tooth. Appropriately enough, he found it at the ...

It’s a gigantic find. An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard of a Hudson Valley house after the homeowner initially saw a pair of teeth poking up by a plant, according to ...

SCOTCHTOWN, Orange County (WABC) -- A prehistoric jaw was found in the soil in a New York backyard. The mastodon jaw, along with additional bone fragments were found in the backyard in Scotchtown, ...

A jaw-dropping prehistoric discovery recently took place in the backyard of a New York home that Michigan residents might quickly recognize. A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of ...

CORRECTION: This story originally stated that it was a mastadon tooth, but it has since been confirmed as a mammoth tooth. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience. MILLERSBURG, Ohio — While ...

The proboscidean's jaw was found about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of New York City, and will be put on public display next year. Reading time 2 minutes Some people want hippopotamuses for ...

For almost half a century, the whereabouts of the mastodon skeleton found in rural Fulton County, have been a mystery.