A subsequent trip to the excavation site — a.k.a. the couple's Orange County property — revealed two more mastodon teeth embedded in a complete jaw, as well as a toe and a partial rib.

The homeowner initially discovered two teeth hidden by a plant and later spotted two additional teeth a few inches underground. Eventually, scientists excavated the "well-preserved" mastodon jaw. The ...

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.

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 ...

A complete mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard ... The Stockton, New York, homeowner initially spotted two teeth hidden in the fronds of a plant on their property and proceeded to uncover ...

The first mastodon fossil discovery in New York in over 11 years started with some routine gardening in an Orange County backyard. Working among some shrubbery, a homeowner found something curious in ...

Now, researchers are preparing to analyze the first complete mastodon jaw discovered in the state in over a decade. “When I found the teeth and examined them in my hands, I knew they were ...

He brought those pieces to SUNY Orange, where he was put in touch with Cory Harris, a professor of anthropology and archeology, who immediately recognized them as mastodon teeth. "Mastodon teeth ...

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 ...