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

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 ...

Remarkably well preserved ice age remains like those discovered recently in a yard near Scotchtown, N.Y., are rare — but not ...

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

In Scotchtown, about 70 miles northwest of New York City, one couple came upon an unusual and thrilling paleontological find ...

A mastodon jaw fossil was found near a New York home, the first discovery of its kind in over 11 years. Michigan knows a ...

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

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

A complete and well-preserved jaw that once belonged to an ancient mastodon has been unearthed from the yard of a home in New ...

The proboscidean's jaw was found about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of New York City, and will be put on public ...

The mastodon jaw and some other bone fragments were found in late September in a backyard near Scotchtown, New York.

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