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 ...

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 ...

Illustrations of prehistoric North and South American animals including a glyptodon, lestodon, horse, mastodon, saber-toothed cat and a toxodon AP “Anything older than about 15,000 years still ...

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. The jaw, along with a ...

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

The mandible belongs to an adult mastodon, an iconic species of North America that went extinct about 13,000 years ago. This jawbone is the first found in New York State in more than a decade. But why ...

Mastodon bones are rare discoveries, but Orange County, N.Y., has proved to be a national hotbed for these extraordinary ...