A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. But then the fossil vanished, and it took a media ...

CORRECTION: This story originally stated that it was a mastadon tooth, but it has since been confirmed as a mammoth tooth. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience. MILLERSBURG, Ohio — While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a gigantic find. An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard of a Hudson Valley house after the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this fall, a resident in the town of Wallkill's hamlet of Scotchtown unearthed the first pieces of what turned out to be a ...

A married couple arrived in Cory Harris’ office in late September, carrying a plain cardboard box about the size of a dictionary. They were excited to open it, and to show Harris the amazing things ...

DETROIT, Mich. -- A 6-year-old boy noticed something on the ground while on a family walk in Michigan last month. It turned out to be a mastodon tooth. Appropriately enough, he found it at the ...