The fossil is the centerpiece of “Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture,” a much-anticipated exhibition that was poised to open at the Smithsonian American Art ...

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

Iowa Excavates Its First-Ever Mastodon Fossil Mastodons were endemic to North America and went extinct around 13,000 years ago. John Doershuk examines the tusk in the Iowa creek.

The trilobite is the state fossil of Ohio. In Kentucky, it's the brachiopod. In Indiana, it's the, well, it's nothing, but that has now changed. Indiana has a state bird — the cardinal — a ...

Alex Lundberg, a scuba diver and fossil hunter, found an ancient mastodon tusk in Manasota Key, which is located 90 miles south of Tampa. The tusk is unusually well-preserved.

A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of a residence near Scotchtown, New York, the first such find in more than 11 years, the New York State Education Department said in a news ...

Assuming one can psychoanalyze a state according to its official fossil, Michigan has a mighty mindset. In 2002, state officials gave the American mastodon the proper designation. The beast, an ...

A person holds the incredible fossil found by Kyle Finley on the South Carolina beach. The tooth was a fossil from the prehistoric American mastodon.

The Indiana Senate voted 39-6 to name the mastodon Indiana's state fossil, sending House Bill 1013 to Gov. Eric Holcomb for approval. The bill had previously passed unanimously out of the House.

Moxie is a life-size, bronze mastodon sculpture that will be installed outside the Lakeshore Museum Center, 430 W. Clay Ave., to look like she’s emerging from the basement in search of the 20 ...