The New York State Museum is hailing it as a "major discovery" that will help scientists better understand once-abundant ...

A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of a ... The homeowner found two teeth concealed by the fronds of a plant on the property, and upon further investigation, two more teeth ...

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 ...

Roughly 150 fossils of extinct elephant relatives have ... But the most obvious difference is in the teeth: Mastodon teeth have conical points—fittingly, the name “mastodon” literally ...

"When I found the teeth and examined them in my hands ... woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America. Mastodon fossils have been unearthed across the U.S., with notable ...

"When I found the teeth and examined them in my hands ... of the Ice Age ecosystems from this region." About 150 mastodon fossils have been found to date across New York, about a third of which ...

Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification ...

who noticed a piece of a mastodon jaw protruding from the topsoil, according to the New York State Museum. The homeowner saw two teeth of the fossil hidden by the fronds of a plant in their ...

Citizen science is evolving in classrooms, as students contribute to understanding the ancient ecology of sharks through ...

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 ...