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.

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 ...

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.

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, according to state officials.

A gigantic tooth that once belonged to an ancient mastodon was discovered, lost and then found again over Memorial Day weekend, after a tourist saw and photographed it on a California beach ...

The fossils will be carbon-dated and analyzed to determine the mastodon’s age, diet and habitat during its lifetime and will be put on public display sometime in 2025, museum officials said ...

By establishing the mastodon as our national fossil, ... Park service celebrates with student art contest. For National Fossil Day, the National Park Service conducted a poster contest for students.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Fossil lovers get ready, there's a mammoth of a fossil coming soon to the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM). Well, maybe not a mammoth, but a close relative — a mastodon ...

Florida resident Alex Lundberg, 29, found an ancient mastodon tusk while diving in the Sunshine State's Manasota Key. A life-long fossil hunter, Lundberg said that the find was "very rare." ...