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

A seemingly ordinary gardening project in upstate New York turned extraordinary when a local man unearthed a prehistoric relic—a mastodon jawbone—while working in his backyard. This remarkable ...

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

A complete mastodon jaw was unearthed in the backyard of a house in New York, according to the New York State Museum.

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

Some people want hippopotamuses for Christmas—but a man in Scotchtown, New York, got a mastodon. The man, who does not want to be identified, found a fossilized mastodon jaw, complete with the ...

These mastodon teeth dug up from a backyard in New York’s Orange County are among dozens found in the area since colonial times. New York State Education Department ...

A backyard in Orange County, New York, became the site of an incredible discovery of a complete mastodon jaw -- the first find like it in New York in more than 11 years.

Image of the mastodon teeth found in New York (main) and stock illustration of a woolly mammoth. Mastodons, which appeared similar to mammoths, roamed North American tens of thousands of years ago.

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

A complete mastodon jaw was unearthed in the backyard of a house in New York, according to the New York State Museum.

A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of a New York home, the first discovery of its kind in over 11 years.