Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a gigantic find. An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard of a Hudson Valley house after the ...

A complete mastodon jaw found by a New York homeowner will undergo "extensive scientific analysis" before being put on display to the public.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year. The mastodon jaw and some other ...

A homeowner in Scotchtown, New York discovered mastodon teeth while gardening, leading to the discovery of a fully preserved mastodon jaw. It was the first mastodon fossil found in the state in over ...

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 ...

The remains of the extinct relative of the elephant turned up during a July pickup in Grand Rapids, a local newspaper reported. The tooth pieces and tusk are estimated to be anywhere from 12,000 to 15 ...