The Mastodon went extinct approximately 13,000 years ago because of the severe climate change that was caused just before the last ice age was about to end. Mastodons, though smaller than mammoths ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - In the middle of an ancient dust and thunderstorm, a mastodon fights against the weather to survive. It’s following the edge of a glacier jutting up to the ...

A homeowner in New York uncovered a complete mastodon jaw in their backyard in what officials are calling a "remarkable discovery." The jaw of the extinct mammal, which was similar to an elephant ...

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

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

The jawbone was determined by researchers from the New York State Museum and SUNY Orange to be from a mastodon, an ancient elephant-like species that went extinct around 10,000 years ago.

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 ...

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 ...

Officials with the Albany-based state museum said the jaw was the first complete mastodon jaw found in New York in 11 years. They said there have been more than 150 fossils from the extinct ...