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 ...

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

Find out how a New York couple helped unearth fossils from a species that frequently roamed Orange County 13,000 years ago.

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

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

An Orange County, New York homeowner recently stumbled upon a prehistoric discovery in their backyard—a complete mastodon jaw ...

A complete mastodon jaw and additional bone fragments were unearthed from the backyard of a home in Scotchtown, N.Y., ...

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 ...

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

The first mastodon fossil discovery in New York in over 11 years started with some routine gardening in an Orange County ...

A mastodon jaw was concealed by a plant in a Scotchtown family's yard. Now it's part of Orange County's growing list of ...